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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2010
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2005
Brian T. Denton, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert John Milne, Jericho, VT (US);
Rahul Nahar, South Burlington, VT (US);
Mark Gregory Pleszkoch, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Vivek Sharma, Madison, WI (US);
Brian T. Denton, Rochester, MN (US);
Robert John Milne, Jericho, VT (US);
Rahul Nahar, South Burlington, VT (US);
Mark Gregory Pleszkoch, Lynchburg, VA (US);
Vivek Sharma, Madison, WI (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and system for determining a plurality of coefficients of an objective function of a mathematical programming model. Attributes of the model are identified. A first set of coefficient values determining a first solution and initially representing the plurality of coefficients is determined by employing a specified ranking of the attributes. A prevailing solution is initialized to the first solution. Additional sets of coefficient values are generated, each set determining a corresponding additional solution of the model. The additional solutions are evaluated (e.g., by the Analytic Hierarchy Process) to provide a ranking of the solutions, where the ranking is dependent upon the attributes. The ranking of the additional solutions is used to select a second solution. The prevailing solution is set to the second solution if the second solution exceeds a sum of the prevailing solution and a specified tolerance.