Method of generating multiple recommendations for multi-objective available-to-sell (ATS) optimization problem

US7747478B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Vikas Agrawal · San Jose, US
• Thomas Robert Ervolina · Poughquag, US
• Yunhee Jang · Suwon-si, KR

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 15, 2005
• Grant date: Jun 29, 2010
• Expiry date: Jun 8, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q40/00
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods, systems and apparatus for providing a variety of end product build plans based on multiple business scenarios for exhausting excess inventory. Raw financial data and variable scaling-factors are input into a scenario engine component along with a business objective that contains logic. The scaling factor may be embedded within the logic of the business objective, or it may be selected by a user to indicate the user's preferences. The scenario engine then applies the financial data and variable scaling factor inputs to the business objective logic to generate modified financial data. The logic of the business objective may also be manipulated to provide modified logic. The modified financial data, and optionally the modified logic, are then input into an optimizer component for determining multiple portfolios for end products that, if built, would consume excess inventory.