Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Configuration pricing strategies for multi-commodity request-for-quotes
- Patent Title (中): 多商品请求报价的配置定价策略
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Application No.: US13106474Application Date: 2011-05-12
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Publication No.: US08352355B2Publication Date: 2013-01-08
- Inventor: Markus R. Ettl , Karthik Sourirajan , Zhengliang Xue
- Applicant: Markus R. Ettl , Karthik Sourirajan , Zhengliang Xue
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presser, P.C.
- Agent Daniel P. Morris, Esq.
- Main IPC: G06Q40/00
- IPC: G06Q40/00

Abstract:
Win probability estimation model that statistically computes the probability of winning a bid at a given price, and profit optimization models that compute the optimal price for a bid balancing the probability of winning a bid at a price with the profitability of the bid at the given price. In one stage, an expected profit margin of a product may be formulated as a function of its profit margin and win probability to compute its optimal profit margin. In another stage, an expected profit for one or more product accessories may be formulated as a function of the profit margin and their conditional win probability given the server win to compute their optimal profit margins. The conditional win probabilities for the product accessories may be modeled as a function of the utilities of the various purchase options that contain the product and that accessory.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120290500A1 CONFIGURATION PRICING STRATEGIES FOR MULTI-COMMODITY REQUEST-FOR-QUOTES Public/Granted day:2012-11-15
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