Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090222297 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COMPOSITE PRICING OF SERVICES TO PROVIDE OPTIMAL BILL SCHEDULE - System and method for service pricing optimization enables analysis of multi-phased, multi-business unit, multi-process, multi-geo/country deal structure with its parts and phases having different pricing implications, and provides a flexible composite pricing schedule optimized for both service provider and receiver by gain and risk sharing. In one aspect, elementary pricing models and pricing parameters are established and a composite pricing model is constructed based on the elementary pricing models and pricing parameters. An optimizer optimizes the composite pricing model to minimize risk and maximize one or more selected criteria. Price is generated using the optimized composite pricing model. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222311 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING POTENTIAL MAXIMAL PRICE AND SHARE RATE - System and method for determining maximal price for projects are provided. A project scope of a project based on a plurality of selected criteria is defined, and total cost of the project is estimated. A value model of the project is generated and estimated value of the project is determined using the value model. A composite object function that includes cumulative distributive functions of the total cost and of the estimated value is computed to determine potential maximal price or share rate or combinations thereof. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222319 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING PIECEWISE PRICE AND INCENTIVE - System and method for determining piecewise pricing, in one aspect, generate a distribution function of transactions based on a plurality of data records associated with said transactions. One or more correlations between total cost and one or more performance measures are analyzed. Demand model is generated based on the distribution function. Piecewise pricing or level-price pairs are determined for a plurality of levels of performance measure, based on said one or more correlations between total cost and one or more performance measures, said demand model, and desired profit margin. | 09-03-2009 |
20090222366 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING OPTIMAL BILL/PAYMENT SCHEDULE - A method and system for generating bill payment schedule utilizes a composite pricing module to generate payment schedule over a predetermined period of time. In one aspect, a fraction of each pricing model attributing to the composite pricing model is determined. A charge fee associated with said each pricing model based on said fraction and said total price to charge is determined. Price to charge during each time unit of the time period is allocated, based on budget over the time period, discount rate, target profit margin and risk affordance. Bill schedule is generated using the allocated price. | 09-03-2009 |
20110213689 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING OPTIMAL BILL/PAYMENT SCHEDULE - A method and system for generating bill payment schedule utilizes a composite pricing module to generate payment schedule over a predetermined period of time. In one aspect, a fraction of each pricing model attributing to the composite pricing model is determined. A charge fee associated with said each pricing model based on said fraction and said total price to charge is determined. Price to charge during each time unit of the time period is allocated, based on budget over the time period, discount rate, target profit margin and risk affordance. Bill schedule is generated using the allocated price. | 09-01-2011 |
20120005573 | AUTOMATICALLY ADJUSTING A WEBPAGE - A solution for automatically adjusting a webpage. According to the method of the present invention it can be automatically learned what the user's historical browsing behaviors is and thereby predict which block in the webpage would concerned the user more so that it would be the one to be browsed and then adjust display of the block accordingly. Thus, with the present invention, limited screen sources can be utilized to more efficiently display the content that would concern a user when the user browses a webpage. A system for automatically adjusting a webpage and a computer readable article of manufacture tangibly embodying non-transitory computer readable instructions which, when executed, cause a computer to carry out the steps of a method for automatically adjusting a webpage are also provided. | 01-05-2012 |
20120254660 | PROCESSING TEST CASES FOR APPLICATIONS TO BE TESTED - The present invention discloses a method and system for processing test cases for applications to be tested. The method includes evaluating two applications to be tested; obtaining test cases for the two applications to be tested and determining resources and execution times needed by the test cases for the two applications to be tested. According to the compatibility relationship between the two applications to be tested, and the resources and execution times needed by the test cases for the two applications to be tested, the test cases for the two applications to be tested are clustered to a virtual machine instance to test the test cases for the two applications to be tested on the virtual machine instance. | 10-04-2012 |
20130085690 | DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CHECKING PIPELINE LEAKAGE - A method for checking pipeline leakage comprises: receiving detecting parameters collected by at least one sensor with respect to pipelines in its corresponding region; gathering detecting parameters collected by the at least one sensor; analyzing the gathered detecting parameters to obtain an evolutionary tendency of detecting parameters in the corresponding region of the at least one sensor; judging if the evolutionary tendency of the detecting parameters satisfies predefined features of leakage; determining that pipeline leakage exists in the corresponding region if the evolutionary tendency of the detecting parameters satisfies the predefined features of leakage. The present invention may help to determine leak regions with a leakage having small flow quantity, and provide a user with regions with pipeline leakage to be detected based on a resource constraint. | 04-04-2013 |
20140142870 | METHOD AND APPARATUS OF ESTIMATING WAVE VELOCITY OF NEGATIVE PRESSURE WAVE IN A FLUID TRANSPORTATION PIPELINE - A method and apparatus for estimating a wave velocity of negative pressure wave in a fluid transportation pipeline. The method including: receiving a plurality of pressure signals from a plurality of sensors; determining time differences produced by the negative pressure wave reaching the adjacent sensors based on the received pressure signals; determining a wave source sensor segment where a wave source of the negative pressure wave is located; and estimating the wave velocities of the negative pressure wave in a non-wave source sensor segment and the wave source sensor segment. | 05-22-2014 |
20150039540 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR EVALUATING PREDICTIVE MODEL - In an approach for evaluating a predictive model, a computer identifies features of training samples in a set of training samples and selects at least one evaluation metric from a set of evaluation metrics as one or more available metrics based on the identified features. The computer applies a predictive model created based on the set of training samples to a set of test samples so as to calculate values of the one or more available metrics and evaluates the predictive model by using the one or more available metrics and the values of the available metrics. With the technical solutions described with respect to the embodiments of the present invention, one or more evaluation metrics that are applicable to specific training sample features may be determined from several evaluation metrics, so that users can precisely evaluate predictive models by using the determined evaluation metrics. | 02-05-2015 |