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Comment	> There are many cases, where not only a resource, but also a certain > quantity of > resources is required for an event. Often a resource should be provided in > a certain amount, or one per attendee: > > examples are: > - number of seats in a car or conference room > - number of telephone lines for a given phone-number (phone conference) > - headsets, USB-sticks, ... > > In my opinion, resources and resource requests should be given a quantity > and an exclusiveness-flag. > > Ideas: > ====== > > the Kronolith_Request would require two additional attributes: > 1. quantity (lets call it KR.q) > (UI needs a way to specify this per resource with an option > be set to the number of attendees) > 2. exclusiveness (lets call it KR.e) > (only needed for certain resource groups) > > > Single Resources: > ================= > > note: (non-)shareable will refer to different requests not attendees > > let q_S be the quantity of a single resource > let e_S be the exclusiveness-flag of a single resource > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > let RS_1 be a single resource with e_S = false > -> this is a shareable pool of "bundled" anonymous resources > eg.: incoming telephone lines for a given cable/phone-number > > RS_1.isFree() checks if the sum of KR.q of all scheduled events in the > requested timeframe is less or equal to q_S - KR.q > KR.e has no meaning here > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > let RS_2 be a single resource with e_S = true > -> this is a non-shareable pool of anonymous resources > eg.: the seats in a car or a conference room > > RS_2.isFree() checks if the resource is completely free in the requested > timeframe and q_S >= KR.q > KR.e has no meaning here > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > Resource Groups: > ================ > > note: (non-)splittable will refer to a single request (could the request be > splitted over multiple single resources or not). > > let q_G be the quantity of a resource group (could be used as upper boundary > for requests) > let e_G be the exclusiveness-flag of a resource group > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > let RG_1 be a resource group e_G = false > -> this is a group of splittable resources > eg.: a group of cars to transport a given number of people > q_G could be preset to the sum(q_S) of all included single resources > > RG_1.isFree() > if KR.e == true: check for KR.q free resource in the requested timeframe > (like: I need 3 cars for 3 people, no matter how many seats are free) > else (KR.e == false) return a pool of free resources, so that > sum(q_S)>=KR.q > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > let RG_2 be a resource group with e_G = true > -> this is a group of non-splittable resources > eg.: the seats in a conference room > q_G could be preset to the max(q_S) of all included single resources > > RG_2.isFree() checks if there is exactly one resource completely free in the > requested timeframe wher q_S >= KR.q > (like: we need one conf room that has at least 5 seats) > KR.e has no meaning here > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Thanks for reading up to this line. ;-)
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