公开(公告)号：US20130060649A1

公开(公告)日：2013-03-07

申请号：US13634772

申请日：2010-04-19

申请人： Julie Ward Drew ,  Filippo Balestrieri ,  Enis Kayis ,  Shyam Sundar Rajaram ,  Shailendra K. Jain

发明人： Julie Ward Drew ,  Filippo Balestrieri ,  Enis Kayis ,  Shyam Sundar Rajaram ,  Shailendra K. Jain

IPC分类号： G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/00

摘要： Each product of a number of products is assigned to one of a number of popularity tiers. The popularity tiers are ordered from a most popular tier to a least popular tier. The popularity tiers indicate how popular the products are expected to be among consumers. Each product is assigned to one of a number of margin tiers. The margin tiers are ordered from a highest margin tier to a lowest margin tier. The margin tiers indicate how much money a retailer makes in selling the products to the consumers. Which of the products to offer for sale by the retailer to the consumers are selected by applying decision rules to the products as have been assigned to the popularity tiers and to the margin tiers.

摘要翻译： 许多产品的每个产品都被分配到多个知名级之一。 受欢迎的层次从最受欢迎的层次到最不受欢迎的层次。 受欢迎程度表明产品预计将在消费者当中流行。 每个产品都被分配到多个保证金层之一。 保证金层从最高保证金层到最低保证金层。 保证金层表示零售商向消费者出售产品所需的金额。 零售商向消费者提供哪些产品可以通过将决策规则应用于已分配给受欢迎度层和边缘层的产品进行选择。

公开(公告)号：US08214523B2

公开(公告)日：2012-07-03

申请号：US10874128

申请日：2004-06-22

申请人： Julie Ward Drew ,  John Wilkes ,  Charles O'Toole ,  Douglas Hagerman ,  Simge Kucukyavuz

发明人： Julie Ward Drew ,  John Wilkes ,  Charles O'Toole ,  Douglas Hagerman ,  Simge Kucukyavuz

IPC分类号： G06F15/173

CPC分类号： H04L45/38 ,  H04L45/00 ,  H04L45/20 ,  H04L67/1002 ,  H04L67/1097

摘要： Link used variables are defined for links related to an interconnection fabric. The links used variables are representative of whether or not a link is used for handling flows between a plurality of hosts and devices. Constraints for links, and hop counts or port counts are also defined. An objective function is used by an integer programming solver to determine connections as a function of the definitions.

摘要翻译： 链接使用的变量被定义为与互连结构相关的链接。 链接使用的变量代表链路是否用于处理多个主机和设备之间的流。 还定义了链接和跳数或端口计数的约束。 整数规划求解器使用目标函数来确定连接作为定义的函数。

公开(公告)号：US20120150584A1

公开(公告)日：2012-06-14

申请号：US12968011

申请日：2010-12-14

申请人： Filippo Balestrieri ,  Julie Ward Drew

发明人： Filippo Balestrieri ,  Julie Ward Drew

IPC分类号： G06Q10/00 ,  G06Q30/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0202

摘要： Systems, methods, and computer-readable and executable instructions are provided for designing warranty bonuses. Designing warranty bonuses can include determining, for a customer base of a product, a first probability that a customer will replace the product with a different product. Designing warranty bonuses may also include determining, for the customer base, a marginal contribution to the first probability for a plurality of warranty bonus sizes and a plurality of warranty bonus types. Designing warranty bonus can include determining, for the customer base, a second probability that the customer will purchase a warranty for the plurality of warranty bonus sizes and the plurality of warranty bonus types. Designing warranty bonuses may also include bundling the product and the warranty, and assigning a number of the plurality of warranty bonus sizes and a number of the plurality of warranty bonus types to the product-warranty bundle based on the first and second probabilities and the marginal contribution.

摘要翻译： 提供系统，方法和计算机可读和可执行指令来设计保修奖金。 设计保修奖金可以包括为产品的客户群确定客户将用不同产品替换产品的第一个可能性。 设计保修奖金还可以包括为客户群确定多个保修奖励大小和多个保修奖励类型的第一概率的边际贡献。 设计保修奖金可以包括为客户群确定客户将购买多个保修奖金大小和多个保修奖励类型的保修的第二个概率。 设计保修奖金还可以包括捆绑产品和保修，并根据第一和第二概率和边际，将多个保修奖金大小和多个保修奖励类型的数量分配给产品 - 保修捆绑包 贡献。

公开(公告)号：US20120078645A1

公开(公告)日：2012-03-29

申请号：US12893795

申请日：2010-09-29

申请人： Julie Ward Drew ,  Ruxian Wang

发明人： Julie Ward Drew ,  Ruxian Wang

IPC分类号： G06Q99/00

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02

摘要： Example embodiments relate to net utility determinations based on product replacement and coverage decisions of a customer. In example embodiments, a number of net utility values corresponding to each possible product replacement decision and each possible coverage decision in each of a plurality of time periods is determined. An expected net utility attributable to the customer over the plurality of time periods is then determined based on the determined utility values.

摘要翻译： 示例性实施例涉及基于客户的产品更换和覆盖决定的净公用事业确定。 在示例实施例中，确定对应于每个可能的产品置换判定的多个净效用值以及多个时间段中的每一个中的每个可能的覆盖判定。 然后基于所确定的效用值来确定归因于多个时间段中的客户的预期净效用。

公开(公告)号：US20120022920A1

公开(公告)日：2012-01-26

申请号：US13260258

申请日：2010-02-26

申请人： Filippo Balestrieri ,  Sundar Rajaram ,  Julie Ward Drew ,  Enis Kayis

发明人： Filippo Balestrieri ,  Sundar Rajaram ,  Julie Ward Drew ,  Enis Kayis

IPC分类号： G06Q30/02

CPC分类号： G06Q30/02 ,  G06Q30/0203

摘要： A method (200) of eliciting customer preference from purchasing behavior surveys clusters (210) survey respondents into two or more clusters according to a data pattern identified in a dataset (330) of responses to survey questions that include a question regarding a product purchasing decision, and questions regarding respondent attributes (such as behavioral questions) and product attributes. Clustering (210) may be performed based on responses to behavioral questions that are not endogenously linked to any control variables. A model for each cluster, relating purchasing decision responses to product attribute responses, is produced (220), and each model is used to generate (230) projected purchasing decision responses for each cluster by replacing a value relating to a response to a selected product attribute question, which may be a control variable, with an alternative value. The dataset is transformed (240) by replacing purchasing decision responses with the projected responses. Survey respondents are then re-clustered (250), and duster shift is analyzed (260).

摘要翻译： 一种从采购行为调查集群（210）引出客户偏好的方法（200）（210）根据在包括关于产品购买决定的问题的调查问题的数据集（330）中标识的数据模式将受访者调查为两个或多个集群 以及关于被访者属性（如行为问题）和产品属性的问题。 可以基于对与任何控制变量内生链接的行为问题的响应来执行聚类（210）。 产生每个集群的模型，将购买决策响应与产品属性响应相关联（220），并且每个模型用于通过将与所选产品的响应相关的值替换为每个集群的（230）预测购买决策响应 属性问题，其可以是具有替代值的控制变量。 通过用预测的响应替换购买决策响应来转换数据集（240）。 调查受访者然后重新聚集（250），并分析除尘器移位（260）。

公开(公告)号：US07237020B1

公开(公告)日：2007-06-26

申请号：US10290643

申请日：2002-11-08

申请人： Julie Ward Drew

发明人： Julie Ward Drew

IPC分类号： G06F15/173 ,  G06F11/00 ,  H04B3/20

CPC分类号： H04L47/10 ,  G06F17/509 ,  H04L41/0896

摘要： A technique for verifying and reprovisioning an interconnect fabric design using integer programming techniques. Requirements for the interconnect fabric design to be reprovisioned may be referred to as flow requirements. The flow requirements may include, for example, source and terminal nodes for communication flows and communication bandwidth required for the flows. An existing interconnect fabric design specifies an arrangement of elements of the fabric, such as links and interconnect devices. The invention programmatically verifies whether the existing design satisfies the flow requirements using integer programming techniques. If the existing design does not satisfy the flow requirements, the invention may also be used to reprovision the existing design to satisfy the flow requirements. If any flow(s) cannot be accommodated by the existing design, the integer programming techniques may also be used to identify links that can be added to accommodate the flow(s) Further, a new portion of interconnect fabric may be designed and added to the existing design to accommodate unassigned flows.

摘要翻译： 一种使用整数规划技术验证和重新配置互连结构设计的技术。 要重新配置的互连光纤设计的要求可以称为流量要求。 流量要求可以包括例如用于通信流的源节点和终端节点以及流所需的通信带宽。 现有的互连结构设计规定了结构元素的布置，例如链接和互连设备。 本发明以编程方式验证现有设计是否使用整数编程技术满足流量要求。 如果现有设计不满足流量要求，本发明也可用于重新配置现有设计以满足流量要求。 如果现有设计不能适应任何流程，则整数编程技术也可用于识别可以被添加以适应流的链接。此外，互连结构的新部分可以被设计和添加到 现有设计适应未分配的流量。