Title :
A Practical Calendaring System Conforming with Ambiguous Pattern of Recurring Tasks
Author :
Nomura, Yoshinari ; Mihara, Syunsuke ; Taniguchi, Hideo
Author_Institution :
Grad. Sch. of Natural Sci. & Technol., Okayama Univ., Okayama, Japan
Abstract :
In a typical office, there are many recurring tasks. If the recurrence pattern can be determined, then this pattern can be used to forecast which task might occur or provide guidance for a coworker who takes on the given responsibilities. A calendaring system is a popular tool for task enumeration. However, the existing major implementations are not capable of handling fluctuation cycle in the recurrences or the relationships between the tasks, and thus these systems do not give the user any analytical perspective on the tasks. Therefore, this paper proposes a new calendaring system that can handle changes in the recurrences and display the relationships between tasks. Three new concepts, Task, Mission, and Job are introduced to describe the relationships between the tasks. Interoperability with the existing systems is also described.
Keywords :
office automation; open systems; personal computing; ambiguous pattern; coworker; fluctuation cycle handling; interoperability; practical calendaring system; recurrence pattern; recurring tasks; task enumeration; Calendars; Computational modeling; Data models; Google; Minutes; Protocols; Servers; calendar system; task management;
Conference_Titel :
Network-Based Information Systems (NBiS), 2011 14th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tirana
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0789-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-0418
DOI :
10.1109/NBiS.2011.91