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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2015
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Markus R. Ettl, Ossining, NY (US);
Pavithra Harsha, White Plains, NY (US);
Shivaram Subramanian, New Fairfield, CT (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Embodiments are directed to a computer implemented method of generating inventory valuation data for an omnichannel (OC) retail operation. The method starts with an unsolvable OC nonlinear nonconvex problem, applies transformations to generate a mixed-integer program (MIP) that is a tractable linear nonconvex form, solves the MIP, fixes prices at optimal values to achieve dimensionality reduction and eliminate all non-convexity by eliminating the pricing dimension. The method further obtains inventory flow linear programming (LP) that is linear convex, and solves the LP to recover a dual solution as initial inventory valuations.