Abstract
Reporters obtained the following quote from the background information supplied by the inventors:“Companies require physical space for their operations, such a s to house their employees, manufacturingoperations and/or inventory. The costs of acquiring and maintaining this necessary physical space can besignificant, especially for large or disperse organizations with a large work force. Addition ally, changes toone or more scenarios because of business cycles, economics, an d/or other external influencing factors,such as a pandemic, are making manageme nt of workplaces, are occurring at an increasing rate. As aresult, there no lon ger is any effective mechanism for accurately assessing an impact of a particula r changeon workplace management.”