Suppose I have a number of events that have a set period of time in which they can occur and an accompanying priority. These "events" can be satisfied when another event from a different set is ready to meet it. I hope I am being clear with this. Consider two sets. One, set A, containing events, a time frame in which these events can occur and a priority in which the events are desired to happen. The second set, set B, contains B events and times in which the B events are available to satisfy A events.
Members of B take time X to satisfy A events so the amount of time avaiable to a B must be decremented accordingly.
I have boiled this scheduling issue down to these terms and I'll be damned if it doesn't sound like something a comp sci type would know after the second year of undergrad.
Unfortunately I was not a comp sci major and can't think of a decent algorithmic statement of this I can translate into code.
Any advice is appreciated. So much as a pseudocode statement of my problem would go a long way for me at this point.

In reply to help with scheduling by adamcrussell

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