Murray R Cantor, Age 76Portsmouth, NH

8024700, Sep 20, 2011

May 18, 2007

11/750763

Murray R. Cantor - Westwood MA, US
Sunita Chulani - San Jose CA, US
Kate Ehrlich - Newton MA, US
Mary E. Helander - North White Plains NY, US
Giuseppe Valetto - New York NY, US
Mark N. Wegman - Ossining NY, US
Clay E. Williams - New York NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06F 9/44
G06F 9/45

717104, 717105, 717120

A method and system constructs a socio-technical network representing design and development processes. In one aspect, a network of inter-personal interactions comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing actors in design and development process is established; an artifacts network comprising at least a plurality of nodes representing a plurality of heterogeneous artifact types is established; one or more relationships between the nodes in the network of inter-personal interactions are determined; one or more relationships between the nodes of the artifacts network are determined; and one or more relationships between the nodes in the network of inter-personal interactions and the nodes of the artifacts network are determined.

8260642, Sep 4, 2012

May 18, 2007

11/750734

Peter C. Bahrs - Georgetown TX, US
Murray R. Cantor - Westwood MA, US
Sunita Chulani - San Jose CA, US
Kate Ehrlich - Newton MA, US
Mary E. Helander - North White Plains NY, US
Sarah C. McAllister - Baton Rouge LA, US
Giuseppe Valetto - New York NY, US
Mark N. Wegman - Ossining NY, US
Clay E. Williams - New York NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 711, 705319

A method and system for scoring and ranking a plurality of component links in a social technical system having a plurality of components representing people and objects are provided. In one aspect, a degree of consistency relative to two or more people working on one or more objects and dependencies between the objects is determined to derive scores for the component links. The method and system identifies gaps in the link and determines the impact of filling the gaps. In another aspect, component links may be ranked and scores aggregated to provide system level quantifications.

8478627, Jul 2, 2013

Feb 28, 2008

12/039415

Murray Cantor - Westwood MA, US
Sunita Chulani - San Jose CA, US
Robert Delmonico - White Plains NY, US
Avik Sinha - New Rochelle NY, US
Giuseppe Valetto - New York NY, US
Mark N. Wegman - Ossining NY, US
Clay E. Williams - New York NY, US
Annie T. T. Ying - New York NY, US

International Business Machines Corporation - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00
G06Q 40/00

705 728, 705 721, 705 722, 705 726

A method and system of reducing risk in the life cycle of a product, in one aspect, obtain one or more tasks required to achieve an overall task, determine risk impact of each task, the risk impact being an impact of each task on the likelihood of failure for the overall task and compute risk of overall task based on risk impacts of the tasks. The method and system utilize said risk impact of each task to schedule the tasks in such a way so as to reduce said risk of overall task as rapidly as possible.

2009029, Dec 3, 2009

May 30, 2008

12/130674

Murray R. Cantor - Westwood MA, US
Sunita Devnani Chulani - San Jose CA, US
Paul M. Matchen - Mamaroneck NY, US
Giuseppe Valetto - New York NY, US
Mark N. Wegman - Ossining NY, US
Clay E. Williams - New York NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 7

Method and system for determining estimation variance associated with project planning are provided. In one aspect, information associated with a project is obtained and initial estimations for the tasks in the project are determined using available information. The tasks are performed and actual measurements are obtained from the completed tasks. The actual measurements are used to revise the estimates of the remaining tasks. The revised estimates are used to compute a project level estimate and a variance on that estimate, and to enable better project management.

2010001, Jan 14, 2010

Jul 10, 2008

12/170886

Murray R. Cantor - Cambridge MA, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06Q 10/00

705 7

The present invention can include a method for handling the uncertainty of input variables in the calculation of the net present value (NPV) of a project that utilizes a Monte Carlo approach. Such a method can begin by expressing the equation for the net present value (NPV) in a probabilistic form. The probabilistic form can allow for the input variables to be treated as random variables with triangular distributions. Various equation parameters for the probabilistic NPV equation can be defined. A Monte Carlo computational algorithm can be executed that utilizes the probabilistic NPV equation and the defined equation parameters to produce multiple probabilistic NPV distributions. For each probabilistic NPV distribution, a mean value and a standard deviation can be ascertained. The mean value can represent the present value (PV) of the project and the standard deviation can represent the associated risk of the project.

2010004, Feb 18, 2010

Aug 13, 2008

12/190905

Murray Robert Cantor - Westwood MA, US
Paul Michael Matchen - Mamaroneck NY, US
Clay Edwin Williams - New York NY, US

G06Q 10/00
G06F 3/00

705 7, 715856

A system and method are provided for direct manipulation of a triangular distribution of information using a graphical user interface. The system includes a graphical user interface for receiving user inputted values. The system further includes a data calculator for generating estimates based on the user inputted values, and for generating curves for display on a grid based on at least one of, the user inputted values and the estimates. The graphical user interface respectively receives the user inputted values based at least on a current position of a pointer on the grid. The graphical user interface is capable of applying a direct manipulation, based at least on the current position of the pointer on the grid, to at least one of the user inputted values and the estimates, such that a result of the direct manipulation is displayed on the grid.

2010016, Jun 24, 2010

Dec 22, 2008

12/341503

Murray Robert Cantor - Cambridge MA, US
Alexander Kofman - Haifa, IL
Yael Dubinsky - Haifa, IL
Tamir Klinger - Brooklyn NY, US
Gregory Allen Rader - Yukon OK, US
Clay Edwin Williams - New York NY, US
Avi Yaeli - Haifa, IL

G06Q 10/00
G06N 5/02

705 9, 705 10, 706 47

Software systems and methods for governance are presented supporting governance solution specification and enactment including assessing, defining, implementing deployment, and executing of the governance solution. For example, a software system for governance includes a governance solution model component operative to provide at least one definition and at least one semantic of at least one governance entity and a relationship of the at least one governance entity to an operational model of an organization, a governance solution editor operative to specifying a governance solution by forming a governance specification, a governance solution bundle operative to provide packaging of the governance specification into a package that can be deployed and enacted, a governance solution enactment component operative to deploy the governance solution into an organizational context, a process enactment tool operative to provide at least one configuration point, and a governance lifecycle component operative to provide a view into a state of the governance solution.

2010026, Oct 21, 2010

Apr 20, 2009

12/426607

Murray R. Cantor - Cambridge MA, US
Jacquelyn A. Martino - Hawthorne NY, US
Paul M. Matchen - Hawthorne NY, US

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION - Armonk NY

G06F 3/048
G06F 7/60

715780, 703 2

System, method and graphical user interface for a simulation base calculator provides one or more selectable distribution models. One or more input fields are provided for inputting rules with one or more random variables. A processing module inputs one or more of the selectable distribution models and the rules into a simulator running on the system. An output field is provided for displaying one or more aspects of a result determined by the model run on the simulator.