Scenario editors and scenario rules aggregators for resource-allocation systems

A scenario-management system for use in a resource-allocation system, comprising:

• a central database comprising a plurality of business rules, each of the business rules corresponding to a rule ID;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• refer to a schedule associating at least one scenario ID with at least one time period, to identify a scenario ID corresponding to a scenario associated with a specified time, the scenario being associated with a set of business rules in the database;
• create a list of the rule IDs corresponding to the set of business rules;
• and
• pass the list to a resource-allocation module.

A scenario-management system for use with a resource-allocation system comprising:

• means for creating, editing, and storing objects in a database, the objects comprising at least one business rule associated with a rule ID and at least one scenario associated with a scenario ID and further associated with at least one business rule;
• means for creating links among selected objects, such that changes to a first object are reflected in a second object linked to the first object;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• receive a scenario ID corresponding to an active scenario, the active scenario being associated with a set of business rules in the database;
• create a list of the rule IDs corresponding to the set of business rules associated with the active scenario;
• and
• pass the list to a resource-allocation module.

A scenario-management system for use with a resource-allocation system comprising:

• means for creating, editing, and storing objects in a database, the objects comprising at least one business rule associated with a rule ID and at least one scenario associated with a scenario ID and further associated with at least one business rule;
• means for creating links among selected objects, such that changes to a first object are reflected in a second object linked to the first object;
• and
• a processor configured to:
• refer to a schedule associating at least one scenario ID with at least one time period, to identify a scenario ID corresponding to an active scenario associated with a specified time, the active scenario being associated with a set of business rules in the database;
• create a list of the rule IDs corresponding to the set of business rules associated with the active scenario;
• and
• pass the list to a resource-allocation module.