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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Mari A. Fukuda, Tokyo, JP;
Kugamoorthy Gajananan, Tokyo, JP;
Shun Jiang, San Jose, CA (US);
Aly Megahed, San Jose, CA (US);
Taiga Nakamura, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Mark A. Smith, Skeffington, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method for top-down pricing of an in-flight deal. The method comprises receiving a first set of information relating to the in-flight deal. The in-flight deal comprises multiple services. The method comprises, for each service of the in-flight deal, selecting a corresponding set of peer deals from historical and market data based on the first set of information, and mining costs for the service from the corresponding set of peer deals. The method further comprises determining a set of price points for the in-flight deal based on each cost mined.