Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for analyzing initiatives for a business network

US8224686B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• APPLIED PREDICTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. · US

Inventors

• Anthony Dean Bruce · Chevy Chase Section Five, US
• Jim Manzi · Washington, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 2011
• Grant date: Jul 17, 2012
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q30/0201
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system, method, and article of manufacture is disclosed for analyzing a business initiative for a business network including business locations separated into control group sites and test sites that have implemented the business initiative for a predetermined test period. Each of the sites have an associated set of attributes reflecting various characteristics corresponding to the respective site, such as geographical location, size of business location, number of employees, etc. In one aspect of the invention, a process is performed that collects a performance value for each of the test and control group sites reflecting a level of performance of each respective sites during the test period. The performance of the test sites is then measured relative to the performance of the control sites over the same time period. The process may segment the performance values for each test site attribute to identify those attributes that have a greater impact on the performance values of the test sites than other attributes. Further, the process configures a model for predicting the performance values of the test sites using the identified attributes and determines whether the model accuratel…