Elizabeth D Poole

US Patent:

57872830, Jul 28, 1998

Filed:

Oct 27, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/549591

Inventors:

Goodwin R. Chin - Palo Alto CA
Walter C. Dietrich - Yorktown Heights NY
Thomas Robert Ervolina - Hopewell Junction NY
John Peter Fasano - Briarcliff Manor NY
Elizabeth Jodi Poole - Garrison NY

Assignee:

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

International Classification:

G06F 1760

US Classification:

395701

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.