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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 28, 2011
Konstantin Salomatin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Datong Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Qi He, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peiji Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Konstantin Salomatin, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Datong Chen, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Qi He, Mountain View, CA (US);
Peiji Chen, San Jose, CA (US);
Yahoo! Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for automatically forecasting the future availability of one or more resources, such as Internet advertising opportunities, are described herein. In accordance with various embodiments, a forecasting model that accounts for event-driven resource availability is trained based both on historical supply data and calendar information specifying events and event duration. The trained forecasting model is then used to forecast the availability of resources at one or more specified future time periods. In accordance with certain embodiments, the forecasting model comprises a Gaussian process model that has an event-driven kernel as a covariance function.