Method, computer system and computer program for determining a risk/reward model

US7881956B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

• Christopher Kenyon · Dublin, IE
• Thomas Bachofner · Bern, CH

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 30, 2006
• Grant date: Feb 1, 2011
• Expiry date: Nov 23, 2029

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/067
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Determining a risk/reward model for a service provided by a service provider to a serviced entity where a value function for the service is dependent on at least one value parameter, and comprises provision of a serviced entity base case being characteristic for at least one serviced entity value parameter without provision of a service and provision of a set of projects and their interdependencies being eligible for providing the service, each project having and impact on a subset of one or both of the at least one serviced entity value parameter and at least one service provider value service. The risk/reward model is determined by way of performing a selection of the sets of projects resulting in a selection set, further the model provides a risk/reward line, the risk/reward line is characteristic for whether a reward or penalty is accredited to the service provider depending on achieved results.