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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2021
Filed:
Jan. 02, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Shubhi Asthana, San Jose, CA (US);
Valeria Becker, Buenos Aires, AR;
Kugamoorthy Gajananan, Tokyo, JP;
Aly Megahed, San Jose, CA (US);
Taiga Nakamura, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Mark A. Smith, Leichestershire, GB;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
One embodiment provides a method for estimating unit price reduction of services in a new in-flight deal using data of historical deals and market reference deals cost structures. The method includes receiving a detailed cost structure for historical information, market deals information, services quantity information and deals metadata for a first year. For each service: peer deals to the in-flight deal are selected based on the detailed cost structure; missing cost data values in the peer deals are augmented; unit cost reduction values for the peer deals estimated; the unit cost reduction for the in-flight deal from each year in total contract years to a next year without a last contract year are estimated; and a total cost for the in-flight deal for all years in the total contract years beyond the first year are estimated.