Models for visualizing resource allocation

A system for visualizing resource allocations, comprising:

• a network computer, comprising:
• a transceiver that communicates over the network;
• a memory that stores at least instructions;
• and
• one or more processor devices that execute instructions that perform actions, including:
• providing a plurality of data models to a benchmarking engine, wherein the plurality of data models are each comprised of two or more nodes and one or more edges from a memory that is configured and arranged to store the plurality of data models, and wherein each node represents a model object and each edge represents a resource allocation;
• employing the benchmarking engine and a third party to provide a plurality of benchmark models based on the plurality of data models, wherein a benchmarking model of the third party provides for confidentiality of underlying datasets and data models that were employed to generate the third party benchmarking model;
• employing an organization that is selected to perform further actions, including:
• providing one or more of the plurality of benchmark models from the one or more of the benchmarking engine or the third party based on a data model that corresponds to the organization, one or more model objects of the data model, and one or more of a plurality of criteria associated with the organization;
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• employing a visualization engine to provide a visualization that compares one or more resource allocations associated with the one or more model objects with the one or more benchmark models provided by the one or more of the benchmarking models or the third party, wherein the visualization is displayed on a hardware display for viewing by a user;
• and
• employing the one or more of the plurality of criteria of the one or more benchmark models that are selected to perform further actions, including:
• employing the benchmarking engine to provide one or more other benchmark models from the plurality of benchmark models based on the one or more selected criteria and the data model and the one or more model objects of the data model;
• and
• employing the visualization engine to provide a modified visualization based on the one or more other benchmark models, wherein the modified visualization is displayed on the hardware display;
• and
• a client computer, comprising:
• a client computer transceiver that communicates over the network;
• a client computer memory that stores at least instructions;
• and
• one or more other processor devices that execute instructions that perform actions, including:
• providing the selected benchmark criteria;
• and
• displaying the visualization or the modified visualization.

A processor readable non-transitory storage media that includes instructions for visualizing resource allocations, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more hardware processors performs actions, comprising:

• providing a plurality of data models to a benchmarking engine, wherein the plurality of data models are each comprised of two or more nodes and one or more edges from a memory that is configured and arranged to store the plurality of data models, and wherein each node represents a model object and each edge represents a resource allocation;
• employing the benchmarking engine and a third party to provide a plurality of benchmark models based on the plurality of data models, wherein a benchmarking model of the third party provides for confidentiality of underlying datasets and data models that were employed to generate the third party benchmarking model;
• employing an organization that is selected to perform further actions, including:
• providing one or more of the plurality of benchmark models from the one or more of the benchmarking engine or the third party based on a data model that corresponds to the organization, one or more model objects of the data model, and one or more of a plurality of criteria associated with the organization;
• and
• employing a visualization engine to provide a visualization that compares one or more resource allocations associated with the one or more model objects with the one or more benchmark models provided by the one or more of the benchmarking models or the third party, wherein the visualization is displayed on a hardware display for viewing by a user;
• and
• employing the one or more of the plurality of criteria of the one or more benchmark models that are selected to perform further actions, including:
• employing the benchmarking engine to provide one or more other benchmark models from the plurality of benchmark models based on the one or more selected criteria and the data model and the one or more model objects of the data model;
• and
• employing the visualization engine to provide a modified visualization based on the one or more other benchmark models, wherein the modified visualization is displayed on the hardware display.

A network computer for visualizing resource allocations, comprising:

• a transceiver that communicates over the network;
• a memory that stores at least instructions;
• and
• one or more processor devices that execute instructions that perform actions, including:
• providing a plurality of data models to a benchmarking engine, wherein the plurality of data models are each comprised of two or more nodes and one or more edges from a memory that is configured and arranged to store the plurality of data models, and wherein each node represents a model object and each edge represents a resource allocation;
• employing the benchmarking engine and a third party to provide a plurality of benchmark models based on the plurality of data models, wherein a benchmarking model of the third party provides for confidentiality of underlying datasets and data models that were employed to generate the third party benchmarking model;
• employing an organization that is selected to perform further actions, including:
• providing one or more of the plurality of benchmark models from the one or more of the benchmarking engine or the third party based on a data model that corresponds to the organization, one or more model objects of the data model, and one or more of a plurality of criteria associated with the organization;
• and
• employing a visualization engine to provide a visualization that compares one or more resource allocations associated with the one or more model objects with the one or more benchmark models provided by the one or more of the benchmarking models or the third party, wherein the visualization is displayed on a hardware display for viewing by a user;
• and
• employing the one or more of the plurality of criteria of the one or more benchmark models that are selected to perform further actions, including:
• employing the benchmarking engine to provide one or more other benchmark models from the plurality of benchmark models based on the one or more selected criteria and the data model and the one or more model objects of the data model;
• and
• employing the visualization engine to provide a modified visualization based on the one or more other benchmark models, wherein the modified visualization is displayed on the hardware display.