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US 2009/0024445 A1Published application
Building market models
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorJerry Z. Shan
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Abstract
A trend of attributes associated with plural market participants is determined. A representation of the trend is computed, and market models for the market participants are built according to the representation of the trend.
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A method executed by a computer, comprising:
- determining a trend of attributes associated with plural market participants;
- computing a representation of the trend;
- and
- building market models for the market participants according to the representation of the trend.
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A method executed by a computer, comprising:
- identifying a reference choice representing a reference market participant and alternative choices representing alternative market participants;
- generating a first market size model of the reference choice according to attributes associated with the reference choice and alternative choices and market size coefficients corresponding to the attributes for respective reference and alternative choices;
- and
- computing additional market size models for the alternative choices based at least on the first market size model and the attributes.
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Instructions on a computer-usable storage medium that when executed cause a computer to:
- determine a trend of attributes associated with plural market participants;
- compute a representation of the trend;
- and
- build market models for the market participants according to the representation of the trend.
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