Inventors:
Christodoulos Floudas - Princeton NJ, US
Stacy Janak - Richmond TX, US
Martin Taylor - Baltimore MD, US
Maria Burka - Washington DC, US
T. J. Mountziaris - Williamsville NY, US
International Classification:
G06N 3/12, G06N 3/02
Abstract:
A system and method for optimally assigning groups of individuals to tasks, and in particular, a system and method for optimally assigning panels of reviewers to proposals, is disclosed. Information about an assignment problem to be solved acquired, such as the number of available reviewers in each panel, the number of proposals in each panel, reviewer preferences, and optional assignment rules. After data acquisition, a first modeling algorithm having at least one assignment constraint is applied to the acquired data a first modeled assignment scenario. A determination is made as to whether the modeled assignment scenario is feasible. If the modeled assignment is infeasible, a second modeling algorithm is applied to the acquired data to produce a second modeled assignment scenario, wherein one or more constraints to be violated (relaxed) to produce a more feasible outcome. After modeling, the results are displayed to the user and represent a suggested optimal assignment of individuals to tasks.