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Assistant for resource and demand trading

US6044356A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 15, 1998
Grant dateMar 28, 2000
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Expiry dateMay 15, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q10/06315
  • WIPO fieldIT methods for management
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A plurality of near-optimum solutions to allocations of resources to demand information are provided by consideration of different combinations of sources of resource information such as inventory and performance/production capacity of a provider and/or other providers by the use of one or more algorithm/agents and a problem formulator which selects algorithms to be applied and provides selected information from selected sources of resource information thereto. The effects of actions or allocations specified in the solutions are presented to a user for comparison, modification and selection for implementation. Effects of modified solutions are also projected for comparison with other solutions or modified solutions.

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