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US 2014/0180642 A1Published application
Method for Allocating Spatial Resources
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsGuangwei YANG, Michael Lee HILTON
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Abstract
A method for allocating spatial resources including steps of: providing a store layout; assigning categories to locations in the store layout, calculating a total score for the first store layout; and implementing the category assignments in a store.
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A method for allocating spatial resources, the method comprising steps of:
- a) providing a store layout;
- b) assigning categories to locations in the store layout, creating a first store layout with assigned category locations;
- c) translating the store layout with assigned category locations into a first distance relationship matrix;
- d) providing an ideal category relationship matrix;
- e) calculating a total score for the first store layout with assigned category locations by comparing the first distance relationship matrix to the ideal category relationship matrix;
- f) implementing the category assignments in a store.
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