System and software for providing recommendations to optimize a portfolio of items
US7822669B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 27, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 26, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 2, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q50/16
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method of operating a computer system includes storing, in the computer system, a database containing performance measure data regarding performance measures of a plurality of items. The method further includes inputting into the computer system a plurality of performance measure constraints. The method also includes modeling the performance measure constraints with a set of equations. The equations include a plurality of variables. Each of the variables corresponds to a respective one of the items. Each variable is, for example, to be assigned either the value “1” or the value “0”. The value “1” may represent a recommendation to take an action relative to the corresponding item in the portfolio and the value “0” may represent a recommendation to take another action. The computer system is used to solve the set of equations to generate one or more solutions that satisfy the performance measure constraints.
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