Patent ID: 8311865

Claim:
A method for planning resource allocations, the method comprising: identifying, by a computer, a supply of resources for each of a plurality of future time periods; identifying, by the computer, a demand for resources for each of the plurality of future time periods; combining, by the computer, the identified supply and the identified demand to calculate gross gaps and surpluses in supply and demand for each of the plurality of future time periods; presenting, by the computer, on a display device, an interactive display including an identification of the gross gaps and surpluses for each of the plurality of future time periods, wherein the interactive display allows a user to select among a plurality of resource allocation adjustments for addressing the gross gaps and surpluses for each of the plurality of future time periods; receiving, by the computer, at least one selected resource allocation adjustment for addressing the gross gaps and surpluses in supply and demand; calculating, by the computer, net gaps and surpluses for each of the plurality of future time periods from the gross gaps and surpluses and the at least one selected resource allocation adjustment; and dynamically updating, by the computer, the interactive display to include an identification of the net gaps and surpluses for each of the plurality of future time periods in addition to the identification of the gross gaps and surpluses included in the interactive display.