Patent Document ID: 20140089480
Application ID: 13627843
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A computer implemented method to implement time-variant use models in constraint-based IT resource consolidation, the method comprising: defining a set of source platforms, a member of the set of source platforms having a respective source platform profile having one or more time-variant demand models; characterizing at least two members of the set of source platforms by measuring or defining the time-variant demand models of respective members of the set of source platforms; defining an initial set of target platforms, a member of the initial set of target platforms having a respective target platform profile having one or more initial time-variant availability models to compare with one or more of the time-variant demand models; and mapping, by a computer, a first number S of the members of the set of source platforms to a second number T of the members of the initial set of target platforms while observing at least one time-variant model mapping constraint.