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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 2015
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2012
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Kresimir Mihic, San Diego, CA (US);
Andrew Vakhutinsky, Norwood, MA (US);
David Vengerov, San Jose, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for optimizing shelf space placement for a product receives decision variables and constraints, and executes a Randomized Search ('RS') using the decision variables and constraints until an RS solution is below a pre-determined improvement threshold. The system then solves a Mixed-Integer Linear Program ('MILP') problem using the decision variables and constraints, and using the RS solution as a starting point, to generate a MILP solution. The system repeats the RS executing and MILP solving as long as the MILP solution is not within a predetermined accuracy or does not exceed a predetermined time duration. The system then, based on the final MILP solution, outputs a shelf position and a number of facings for the product.