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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2016
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Aly Megahed, San Jose, CA (US);
Hamid Reza Motahari Nezhad, San Jose, CA (US);
Peifeng Yin, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method according to one embodiment includes receiving historical sales data, transforming a nonlinear, non-convex optimization model for weighting optimization into a linear optimization model, determining a number of historical periods of the historical sales data and weights to be applied to a historical conversion rate and a historical growth rate for the number of historical periods of the historical sales data, utilizing the nonlinear, non-convex optimization model or the linear optimization model, predicting a future optimal conversion rate and a future optimal growth rate by applying the weights to the historical conversion rate and the historical growth rate for the number of historical periods of the historical sales data, and applying the future optimal growth rate and the future optimal conversion rate to current sales pipeline data to determine future sales data.