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US 8,620,717 B1Granted
Analytical tool
AssigneeAuguri Corporation
InventorsFadi Victor Micaelian, Emil Mario Scoffone
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Abstract
An exemplary method for determining a singular impact of a base criterion includes selecting the base criterion and a trade criterion from a plurality of criteria and selecting a starting alternative and a target alternative. A series of virtual alternatives are then created, initially based on the starting alternative, by sequentially eliminating an impact of each non-selected criteria from the plurality of criteria. A final virtual alternative is compared to the target alternative and the singular impact of the base criterion is determined based on a difference between the final virtual alternative and the target alternative.
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A computer implemented method for determining a singular impact of a base criterion on a product comprising:
- receiving, at a server computing system, an instruction selecting the base criterion and a different trade criterion from a plurality of criteria, the plurality of criteria selected from criteria for the product;
- receiving, at the server computing system, an instruction selecting a starting alternative and a target alternative;
- receiving, at the server computing system, a plurality of criteria weights including a weight for each of the plurality of criterion for the product, each criteria weight indicating a relative importance of the product criteria in a trade-off decision relative to the importance of different other ones of the plurality of product criteria;
- at the server computing system, creating a series of virtual alternatives, initially based on the starting alternative, by sequentially eliminating an impact of each non-selected criteria from the plurality of criteria, the impact being eliminated by equalizing the values for each of the non-selected criteria;
- at the server computing system, comparing a final virtual alternative having the impact of each non-selected criteria eliminated to the target alternative;
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- at the server computing system, determining, the singular impact of the base criterion based on a difference between the final virtual alternative and the target alternative;
- wherein the base criterion is weighted using a base criterion weight that is multiplied by the base criterion value to generate a weighted base criterion and other criterion are weighted by other criterion weights to reflect a user's preference for the base criterion relative to other criteria.
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A computer implemented method for determining a singular impact of a base criterion comprising:
- receiving, at a server computing system, an instruction selecting the base criterion and a different trade criterion from a plurality of criteria, the plurality of criteria selected from criteria for a product;
- receiving, at a server computing system, an instruction selecting a starting alternative and a target alternative;
- receiving, at the server computing system, a plurality of criteria weights including a weight for each of the plurality of criterion for the product, each criteria weight indicating a relative importance of the product criteria in a trade-off decision relative to the importance of different other ones of the plurality of product criteria;
- creating, at the server computing system, a series of virtual alternatives, initially based on the starting alternative, by sequentially eliminating an impact of each non-selected criteria from the plurality of criteria, the impact being eliminated by equalizing the values for each of the non-selected criteria;
- comparing, at the server computing system, a virtual alternative of the series of virtual alternatives to the target alternative wherein the virtual alternative only differs from the target alternative by a value of the base criterion;
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- determining, by the server computing system, the singular impact of the base criterion based on a difference between the final virtual alternative and the target alternative;
- wherein the base criterion is weighted using a base criterion weight that is multiplied by the base criterion value to generate a weighted base criterion and other criterion are weighted by other criterion weights to reflect a user's preference for the base criterion relative to other criteria.
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A computer implemented method for determining a singular impact of a base criterion comprising:
- receiving, at a server computing system, an instruction selecting the base criterion and a trade criterion from N criteria;
- wherein the N criteria are available from a product;
- receiving, at the server computing system, an instruction selecting a starting alternative and a target alternative;
- creating N−2 sequential virtual alternatives, initially based on the starting alternative, by sequentially eliminating an impact of each non-selected criteria from the N criteria;
- comparing a virtual alternative of the series of virtual alternatives to the target alternative wherein the virtual alternative only differs from the target alternative by a value of the base criterion;
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- determining, by the server computing system, the singular impact of the base criterion based on a difference between the final virtual alternative and the target alternative;
- wherein the base criterion is weighted using a base criterion weight that is multiplied by the base criterion value to generate a weighted base criterion and other criterion are weighted by other criterion weights to reflect a user's preference for the base criterion relative to other criteria.
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A method for analyzing an impact of a desired singular tradeoff for a population of users comprising:
- receiving, at a server computing system, an instruction selecting the desired singular tradeoff from the population of users;
- collecting, at the server computing system, a plurality of singular tradeoffs in a sequential fashion from the population of users;
- collecting, at the server computing system, a plurality of weights including a weight for each of the plurality of tradeoffs, each weight indicating a relative importance of the tradeoff in a trade-off decision relative to the importance of different other ones of the plurality of tradeoffs;
- processing the plurality of singular tradeoffs, including weighting the tradeoffs using the tradeoff weights;
- analyzing the plurality of singular tradeoffs;
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- determining, by the server computing system, the impact of the desired singular tradeoff based on the analyzed plurality of tradeoffs;
- wherein a base criterion tradeoff is weighted using a base tradeoff weight that is multiplied by the base tradeoff value to generate a weighted base tradeoff and other tradeoffs are weighted by other tradeoff weights to reflect a user's preference for the base tradeoff relative to other tradeoffs.
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A system for determining a singular impact of a base criterion comprising:
- a processor;
- a computer readable medium coupled to the processor storing instructions executable by a processor, the instructions defining:
- a singular tradeoff engine that accepts a weighted ordered list and operative to determine a singular impact of a base criterion by creating virtual alternatives based on the weighted ordered list;
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- a function subroutine engine that accepts parametric values from the singular tradeoff engine and operative to develop a new value to the singular tradeoff engine;
- wherein the base criterion is weighted using a base criterion weight that is multiplied by the base criterion value to generate a weighted base criterion and other criterion are weighted by other criterion weights to reflect a user's preference for the base criterion relative to the criteria selected from the product.
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A method for determining a value a consumer places on a desired product component comprising:
- receiving, at a server computing system, a transmission providing a first product that does not contain the desired product component and a second product that does contain the desired product component;
- creating a series of simulated products, initially based on the first product, by sequentially eliminating an impact of one or more product components that are not the desired product component;
- comparing a final simulated product to the second product;
- determining, by the server computing system, the value based on a difference between the final simulated product and the second product;
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- wherein the desired product component is weighted using a desired product component weight that is multiplied by the desired product component value to generate a weighted desired product component and other product components are weighted by other product component weights to reflect a user's preference for the desired product component relative to the one or more product components.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.