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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 15, 2001
Hisashi Kashima, Yamato, JP;
Yasumasa Kajinaga, Yokohama, JP;
Hisashi Kashima, Yamato, JP;
Yasumasa Kajinaga, Yokohama, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A solution is provided for the problem of determining a successful bidder in an auction wherein bids are submitted for a great number of trading targets (products). Two restrictions are imposed on the combinations of products that are permitted: 1. Bids may be submitted for only one product type; and 2. The relationship existing among available combinations of products for which bids may be submitted must be based on a hierarchical structure. From a set of bids submitted under the above restrictions, a subset of optimum bids are selected by using dynamic programming.