Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing automated worklists are provided. The method includes generating a worklist, which further includes retrieving a worklist template corresponding to the worklist and, via a first query, selecting a listing of members and attributes to be populated in the worklist, the attributes include a status indicator of an action item specified for each of the members of the worklist. The worklist generation also includes building a worklist member table with results of the first query and, via a second query, and using attributes of the worklist member table, identifying up-to-date values of one or more worklist member attributes, and outputting results of the second query to the worklist. The method also includes presenting the worklist to a corresponding assignee. For each of the members in the worklist, the status indicator is editable to update a status of the member.

Abstract: A method, system, and computer program product for implementing automated worklists are provided. The method includes generating a worklist, which further includes retrieving a worklist template corresponding to the worklist and, via a first query, selecting a listing of members and attributes to be populated in the worklist, the attributes include a status indicator of an action item specified for each of the members of the worklist. The worklist generation also includes building a worklist member table with results of the first query and, via a second query, and using attributes of the worklist member table, identifying up-to-date values of one or more worklist member attributes, and outputting results of the second query to the worklist. The method also includes presenting the worklist to a corresponding assignee. For each of the members in the worklist, the status indicator is editable to update a status of the member.

Abstract: A method and system for solving a problem construct. The problem construct includes an input set of targets that may satisfy a request based on at least one rule. The method and system specifies the problem construct, recasts the problem construct as at least one of a set cover problem and an integer program and approximately solves the at least one set cover problem and the integer program.

Abstract: A method for combining pattern matching and optimization. The method includes the steps of reading the data elements and corresponding attributes for each of the two data files; performing pattern matching on the elements and the corresponding attributes of each of the two files read in this step; performing optimization on the results for finding a best total matching of the elements of the two files; and, outputting a file selected from the group consisting of the matches produced by step 3, and a file containing the elements that are not matched.

Abstract: A method for invoking an arbitrary sorting technique in a type-safe way. In one aspect, the method comprises the steps of providing a hierarchical schedule class comprising a schedule float subclass and a sorting schedule float subclass, subsumed by the schedule float subclass. The sorting schedule float subclass, in turn, comprises a schedule attribute class; a filter class; and a pair compare class. The method further includes using the hierarchical schedule class with each of an independent group consisting of a schedule attribute strategy, a filter strategy and a pair compare class strategy.

Abstract: A tool including a framework suitable for manufacturing logistics decision support. The tool comprises means for providing an object-oriented technology framework, the framework comprising: means for defining objects representing manufacturing logistics problems; means for transforming a subject of the above objects into representations commonly used in a mathematical solver, wherein the representations in the solver have predefined relationships based on their properties; and, means responsive to selective changes in the objects for modifying the behavior of the framework for developing anew manufacturing logistics decision support application.

Abstract: The invention discloses an apparatus for conveying higher dimensional tabular information to people using a lower dimensional output device. The apparatus is such that original information in the higher dimensional expression can be mapped to the lower dimensional output device, while preserving invariant a content and relationship of the original information.

Abstract: In a multiprocessor system, memory accesses by the individual processing elements are checked by a common controller. The controller includes a table of values defining valid memory locations for a task. The controller verifies the address value used by each instruction to ensure that, it is within a valid memory area for the particular task. Additional circuitry for the controller and processing elements allows finer control, of memory accessibility. The multiprocessor system may be coupled to a host computer through a buffer. Data is serially written into the buffer by the host and is read out of the buffer in parallel by the multiprocessor system. The buffer used in this system includes apparatus which calculates an error correction code from a serial data stream and passes this code, along with the data, to the multiprocessor system. The multiprocessor system includes apparatus which processes the data in parallel to handle errors occurring during transfers as indicated by the code.