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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2008
Chad William Whipkey, Foster City, CA (US);
Dirk Manfred Beyer, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Phillip Dennis Delurgio, Foster City, CA (US);
James Frederic Drew, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathaniel Keith Folkert, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Steven John Peter Hillion, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Alexander Shwe, San Francisco, CA (US);
Chad William Whipkey, Foster City, CA (US);
Dirk Manfred Beyer, Walnut Creek, CA (US);
Phillip Dennis Delurgio, Foster City, CA (US);
James Frederic Drew, Redwood City, CA (US);
Nathaniel Keith Folkert, Brooklyn, NY (US);
Steven John Peter Hillion, San Francisco, CA (US);
Michael Alexander Shwe, San Francisco, CA (US);
DemandTec, Inc., San Mateo, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for decomposing a business metric based on a plurality of activities and a response model are described. In one embodiment, the method accesses the response model and the plurality of activities, the plurality of activities each having a reference and executed value. The method computes a contribution to the business metric based on setting one of the plurality of activities to one of the corresponding reference and executed value and setting the other activities to the value state opposite of that activity. Furthermore, the method computes each of the contributions independent of the response model type.