Derivation of Improvement Factor for Minimum Moment Algorithm

Let x represent the values of the histogram from which resource of r units is moved.

Let y represent the values of the histogram to which resource r units is moved

m is the number of days of resources which are shifted (in the above illustration m=3)

Moment before shift - M1 =

Moment after shift – M2 =

If M2 < M1 then there is reduction of moment

Equivalent to

Collecting terms and reducing

Improvement factor = IF (A, m)