Method and system to evaluate utilization of resources
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRobert T. Uthe
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Abstract
A method to evaluate utilization of a plurality of resources linked by segments may include tracking a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or a set of requests and representing a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking resources in the sequence. The method may also include representing a time duration since each resource was last utilized.
Claims26
A computer-implemented method to evaluate utilization of a plurality of resources linked by segments, comprising:
- tracking a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or a set of requests, wherein the tracking is performed by a computer;
- representing a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking resources in the sequence;
- representing a time duration since each resource was last utilized;
- representing each resource by a predetermined resource symbol;
- and
- representing each segment between a pair of resources in the sequence by a line between the resource symbols corresponding to the pair of resources, wherein each line has a selected line width corresponding to a quantity of occurrences of the segment in responding to the request or set of requests.
A computer-implemented method to evaluate utilization of a plurality of resources linked by segments, comprising:
- tracking a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or a set of requests, wherein the tracking is performed by a computer;
- representing a time duration since each resource was last utilized;
- representing each resource by a predetermined resource symbol;
- and
- representing each segment between a pair of resources in the sequence by a line between the resource symbols corresponding to the pair of resources.
A computer-implemented method to evaluate utilization of a plurality of resources linked by segments, comprising:
- tracking a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or set of requests, wherein the tracking is performed by a computer;
- determining a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking a pair of resources in the sequence;
- determining a time duration since each resource in the sequence was last utilized;
- representing each resource by a predetermined resource symbol;
- and
- representing each segment by a line between the resource symbols corresponding to the pair of resources.
A system to evaluate utilization of a plurality of resources linked by segments, comprising:
- a processor;
- a resource utilization program which operates on the processor, wherein the
- resource utilization program includes:
- computer executable instructions to track a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or set of requests;
- computer executable instructions to determine a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking a pair of resources in the sequence;
- computer executable instructions to determine a time duration since each resource in the sequence was last utilized;
- computer executable instructions to represent each resource by a predetermined resource symbol;
- and
- computer executable instructions to represent each segment between a pair of resources in the sequence by a line between the resource symbols corresponding to the pair of resources.
A computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code embodied therein, the computer-readable program code comprising:
- computer-readable program code configured to track a sequence of utilization of the plurality of resources in responding to a request or set of requests;
- computer-readable program code configured to determine a quantity of occurrences of each segment linking resources in the sequence;
- computer-readable program code configured to determine each resource based on a predetermined resource symbol;
- computer-readable program code configured to determine each segment between a pair of resources in the sequence by a line between the resource symbols corresponding to the pair of resources;
- computer-readable program code configured to determine a time duration since each resource in the sequence was last utilized;
- computer-readable program code configured to represent each resource by a predetermined resource symbol;
- and
- computer-readable program code configured to represent each segment by a line between the resource symbols corresponding to the pair of resources
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.