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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 15, 2020
Filed:
May. 01, 2017
The Nielsen Company (Us), Llc, New York, NY (US);
Ludo Daemen, Duffel, BE;
Robert C. Smith, New York, NY (US);
Edmond Wong, New York, NY (US);
Alexander Radev, New York, NY (US);
Vippal Savani, Oxfordshire, GB;
Christophe Koell, Brussels, BE;
William Somers, New York, NY (US);
THE NIELSEN COMPANY (US), LLC, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods, systems and apparatus for calibrating data using relaxed benchmarks constraints are described. An example apparatus for generating a unique solution when calibrating data via a calibration model having relaxed benchmark constraints includes a calibration engine to execute the calibration model based on a target loss function, a weight loss function, and a budget parameter. The example apparatus further includes a calibrated weights determiner to determine calibrated weights resulting from execution of the calibration model. The example apparatus further includes a calibration model validator to incorporate a stability parameter into the calibration model in response to determining that the calibrated weights do not provide a unique solution for the executed calibration model. The stability parameter is to reduce an influence of the budget parameter on the calibration model to enable the generation of a unique solution.