Patent ID: 7495673

Claim:
A method of constructing a visual display of resource utilization, comprising the steps of: assessing resource utilization depending on specific resources as functions and on levels of operation; creating a resource utilization matrix L with elements l kj with k representing n dimensions and with j representing m+1 dimensions and indexed by function (k) and level (j); calculating a matrix C of co-ordinates from said resource utilization matrix L; plotting co-ordinates of said matrix C of co-ordinates on a display; drawing lines through the co-ordinates plotted on the display; marking each space between said lines drawn with a distinct marking for a different function; presenting said co-ordinates, said lines and said markings on a display, wherein the display is constructed for summarizing at a glance the various functions and levels at which the resources of interest are expended; and wherein the co-ordinate matrix C has a co-ordinate matrix elements c ij , wherein i represents n+1 dimensions and wherein j represents m+1 dimensions.