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US 8,027,905 B2Granted
Generating adjusted bids of entities according to a new external bid
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAlex X. Zhang, Kemal Guler, Fereydoon F. Safai, Shailendra Jain
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Abstract
An initial external bid of an enterprise that is based on initial component bids of plural entities is received by a tool. The tool receives margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities. A new external bid is received that is different from the initial bid, and adjusted component bids of the plural entities are generated by the tool according to the new external bid and the margins of the entities.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a tool executed by a computer, an initial external bid of an enterprise based on initial component bids of plural entities, wherein the plural entities are associated with the enterprise, and wherein the initial external bid is an aggregate of the initial component bids;
- receiving, by the tool executed by the computer, margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities;
- receiving, by the tool executed by the computer, a new external bid that is different from the initial external bid;
- and
- generating, by the tool executed by the computer, adjusted component bids of the plural entities according to the new external bid and the margin values of the entities, wherein the new external bid is an aggregate of the adjusted component bids.
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A method comprising:
- receiving, by a tool executed by a computer, an initial external bid of an enterprise based on initial component bids of plural entities;
- receiving, by the tool executed by the computer, margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities;
- receiving, by the tool executed by the computer, a new external bid that is different from the initial external bid;
- generating, by the tool executed by the computer, adjusted component bids of the plural entities according to the new external bid and the margin values of the entities;
- defining an objective function for minimizing deviation of the adjusted component bids from a proportional allocation according to a ratio of the new external bid to the initial external bid;
- and
- defining constraints that account for the margin values,
- wherein generating the adjusted component bids is based on the objective function and the constraints.
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A method of performing bidding using a bidding tool executed in a computer, comprising:
- receiving, by the bidding tool executed in the computer, a revised external bid provided by an enterprise to an external entity, wherein the revised external bid is different from an initial external bid, and wherein the enterprise is associated with plural entities;
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- adjusting, by the bidding tool executed in the computer, component bids provided by the plural entities in response to the revised external bid using a constrained model that factors in margins acceptable to the entities associated with the enterprise, wherein the constrained model further specifies an objective function for minimizing deviation of the adjusted component bids from a proportional allocation according to a ratio of the revised external bid to the initial external bid, and wherein adjusting the component bids is further based on the objective function.
A machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a computer to:
- receive an initial external bid of an enterprise based on initial component bids of plural entities, wherein the plural entities are associated with the enterprise, and wherein the initial external bid is an aggregate of the initial component bids;
- receive margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities;
- receive a new external bid that is different from the initial external bid;
- and
- generate adjusted component bids of the plural entities according to the new external bid and the margin values of the entities, wherein the new external bid is an aggregate of the adjusted component bids.
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A machine-readable storage medium storing instructions that when executed cause a computer to:
- receive an initial external bid of an enterprise based on initial component bids of plural entities, wherein the plural entities are associated with the enterprise, and wherein the initial external bid is an aggregate of the initial component bids;
- receive margin values representing margins acceptable to the entities;
- receive a new external bid that is different from the initial external bid;
- generate adjusted component bids of the plural entities according to the new external bid and the margin values of the entities, wherein the new external bid is an aggregate of the adjusted component bids;
- define an objective function for minimizing deviation of the adjusted component bids from a proportional allocation according to a ratio of the new external bid to the initial external bid;
- and
- define constraints that account for the margin values,
- wherein generating the adjusted component bids is based on the objective function and the constraints.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.