Intelligent service negotiation using cognitive techniques
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorThomas J. Blue
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Abstract
Embodiments for intelligent service negotiation by a processor in a cloud computing environment. One or more data points may be analyzed based on one or more service provider cost components received from one or more service providers for a service. A negotiation model may be generated using a machine learning model reflecting actual costs of the service based on the analyzed data points. A user may be cognitively consulted according to the negotiation model to provide one or more consultative recommendations for selecting the service by the one or more service providers.
Claims20
A method for intelligent service negotiation by a processor within a cloud computing environment, comprising:
- analyzing one or more data points based on one or more service provider cost components received from one or more service providers for a service;
- generating a negotiation model using a machine learning model reflecting actual costs of the service based on the analyzed data points, wherein the negotiation model factors a predicted impact to the actual costs of the service resulting from a market share adjustment of the one or more service provider cost components from one of the one or more service providers to an alternative one of the one or more service providers;
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- cognitively consulting a user according to the negotiation model to provide one or more consultative recommendations for selecting the service by the one or more service providers.
A system for intelligent service negotiation within a cloud computing environment, comprising:
- one or more computers with executable instructions that when executed cause the system to:
- analyze one or more data points based on one or more service provider cost components received from one or more service providers for a service;
- generate a negotiation model using a machine learning model reflecting actual costs of the service based on the analyzed data points, wherein the negotiation model factors a predicted impact to the actual costs of the service resulting from a market share adjustment of the one or more service provider cost components from one of the one or more service providers to an alternative one of the one or more service providers;
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- cognitively consult a user according to the negotiation model to provide one or more consultative recommendations for selecting the service by the one or more service providers.
A computer program product for, by a processor, intelligent service negotiation within a cloud computing environment, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer-readable program code portions stored therein, the computer-readable program code portions comprising:
- an executable portion that analyzes one or more data points based on one or more service provider cost components received from one or more service providers for a service;
- an executable portion that generates a negotiation model using a machine learning model reflecting actual costs of the service based on the analyzed data points, wherein the negotiation model factors a predicted impact to the actual costs of the service resulting from a market share adjustment of the one or more service provider cost components from one of the one or more service providers to an alternative one of the one or more service providers;
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- an executable portion that cognitively consults a user according to the negotiation model to provide one or more consultative recommendations for selecting the service by the one or more service providers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.