FORCE-BASED ASSIGNMENTS

摘要

A method for assigning locations to persons of a group of persons may include determining, for each person in the group, a number of communications between the person and each other person in the group. A plurality of reservations from reserving persons of the group may be received. A first force-directed graph having a node for each reserving person may be generated. The generating of the graph may include establishing an edge between one or more pairs of reserving persons, and assigning a first weight to the one or more edges that is derived from the number of communications between respective pairs of reserving persons. Each reserving person may be assigned to a location in the area using the first force-directed graph. A resource for a location not assigned to a reserving person may be controlled based on the assigning of reserving persons to locations.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for assigning locations to persons of a group of persons, comprising:
for each person in the group, determining a number of communications between the person and each other person in the group; receiving a plurality of reservations from reserving persons of the group, each reservation requesting a placement of a reserving person in a location in an area having plural locations; generating a first force-directed graph having a node for each reserving person, the generating of the force-directed graph including:
establishing an edge between one or more pairs of reserving persons, andassigning a first weight to the one or more edges that is derived from the number of communications between respective pairs of reserving persons; assigning each reserving person to a location in the area using the first force-directed graph; and controlling, based on the assigning of reserving persons to locations, a resource for a location not assigned a reserving person.