REDISTRIBUTION OF RESOURCES

摘要

The invention provides methods and systems for assisting in the redistributi on of resources between entities each having sets of tasks which must be performed , pools of resources for performing tasks, and a manager capable of reviewing the tasks and the resources of the entity and determining therefrom surplus resources not required for the performance of the tasks of that entity, and sought-after resources required for the performance of tasks not able to be met by the resources of that entity. The method comprises: receiving offers of surplus resources and requests of sought-afte r resources from each entity; subjecting received offers and requests to an optimisation procedure to determine a set of matched pairs, each pair comprising an offer received fro m an entity and a request received from another entity, said offer and request having corresponding characteristics; and communicating information relating to matched pairs to the respective entities.