Method and apparatus for configurable model-independent decomposition of a business metric

US8209216B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• DemandTec, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Chad William Whipkey · Foster City, US
• Dirk Beyer · Palo Alto, US
• Phillip Dennis Delurgio · Foster City, US
• James Frederic Drew · Redwood City, US
• Nathaniel Keith Folkert · San Francisco, US
• Steven John Peter Hillion · San Francisco, US
• Michael Alexander Shwe · San Francisco, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 31, 2008
• Grant date: Jun 26, 2012
• Expiry date: Sep 18, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0202
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

Methods and apparatuses for decomposing a business metric based on a plurality of activities and a response model are described. In one embodiment, the method accesses the response model and the plurality of activities, the plurality of activities each having a reference and executed value. The method computes a contribution to the business metric based on setting one of the plurality of activities to one of the corresponding reference and executed value and setting the other activities to the value state opposite of that activity. Furthermore, the method computes each of the contributions independent of the response model type.