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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 09, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2010
Himanshu V. Bhatt, Plano, TX (US);
Rong Zeng Cao, Beijing, CN;
Wei Ding, Beijing, CN;
Xiang Yang He, Beijing, CN;
Shun Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Feng LI, Beijing, CN;
Shih-gong LI, Beijing, CN;
Tie Liu, Beijing, CN;
Feng Chun Wang, Beijing, CN;
Hao Zhang, Beijing, CN;
Himanshu V. Bhatt, Plano, TX (US);
Rong Zeng Cao, Beijing, CN;
Wei Ding, Beijing, CN;
Xiang Yang He, Beijing, CN;
Shun Jiang, Beijing, CN;
Juhnyoung Lee, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Feng Li, Beijing, CN;
Shih-Gong Li, Beijing, CN;
Tie Liu, Beijing, CN;
Feng Chun Wang, Beijing, CN;
Hao Zhang, Beijing, CN;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Identifying one or more source units for one or more food items may include assigning a sequence of numbers to a plurality of source units received at a processing entity and assigning a sequence of numbers to a plurality of end product units processed from the plurality of source units at the processing entity. A production rate associated with the end product units may be determined from a bill of materials associated with the end product units. A probability distribution function may be generated using at least the production rate. The probability distribution function maps a range of the sequence numbers associated with the plurality of source units to a range of sequence numbers associated with the end product units. A conversion algorithm may be generated that uses the probability distribution function to determine a source unit associated with a selected end product unit.