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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
May. 09, 2011
G. Michael Phillips, Pasadena, CA (US);
M. Chapman Findlay, Iii, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William P. Jennings, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Stephen A. Klein, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mark E. Rice, Pasadena, CA (US);
G. Michael Phillips, Pasadena, CA (US);
M. Chapman Findlay, III, Los Angeles, CA (US);
William P. Jennings, Simi Valley, CA (US);
Stephen A. Klein, Pasadena, CA (US);
Mark E. Rice, Pasadena, CA (US);
c4cast.com, Inc., Pasadena, CA (US);
Abstract
The value of a target variable is predicted by obtaining historical values for the target variable at each of several time points and obtaining previously predicted values and currently predicted values for each of several predictor variables, the predictor variables being different from the target variable. Values are assigned to parameters of a forecasting model to obtain the best fit of the previously predicted values for the predictor variables to the historical values for the target variable. Finally, a value of the target variable is predicted from the currently predicted values for at least a subset of the predictor variables using the forecasting model and the values assigned to the parameters of the forecasting model.