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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 13, 2005
Filed:
Jun. 29, 2000
Applicants:
Menachem Levanoni, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ying Tat Leung, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Sanjay Elathur Ramaswamy, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Inventors:
Menachem Levanoni, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Ying Tat Leung, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Sanjay Elathur Ramaswamy, Scarsdale, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F017/60 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Method and apparatus suitable for demand forecasting. The invention can enable sales forecasting 'by item, by size, by location'. The invention features combining a demand profile and a demand model into a single encompassing model which is capable of projecting demand for an identified set of merchandise.