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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 20, 2008
Manoj Keshavmurthi Chari, Cary, NC (US);
Balaji Gopalakrishnan, Cary, NC (US);
Yi Liao, Apex, NC (US);
Michelle Gail Opp, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
Manoj Keshavmurthi Chari, Cary, NC (US);
Balaji Gopalakrishnan, Cary, NC (US);
Yi Liao, Apex, NC (US);
Michelle Gail Opp, Chapel Hill, NC (US);
SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC (US);
Abstract
Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for determining an action item from a global set of action items for a plurality of customers based on an objective function, a plurality of individual constraints, and a plurality of aggregate constraints. A plurality of offer sets is generated for each customer. An approximate highest reduced adjusted objective for each of the offer sets for each customer is calculated, and the customers are bucketed based on the highest adjusted objective value associated with each customer. The buckets are collapsed into a single bucket record containing a plurality of aggregate offer set columns, and an aggregate offer set column is selected from each bucket record for each bucket. Each bucket associated with a selected offer set is disaggregated, and the action item included in the selected offer set is stored in a computer-readable memory.