Patents by Inventor Markus Ettl

Markus Ettl has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240220855
    Abstract: A total demand model can be trained, by machine learning and using historical data. The total demand model can be configured to process current data and output first data indicating a predicted future total demand for a product. A target demand model can be trained. The target demand model can be configured to process the current data and, based on processing the current data, output a plurality of class demand models. Each class demand model can be configured to predict demand, for each of a plurality of future time periods, for a plurality of classes of the product. The class demand models configured to optimize, for each of the plurality of future time periods, a respective set of optimal prices for the respective classes of the product that maximizes total expected revenue for the product over the plurality of classes of the product.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Zhengliang Xue, Mo Liu, Shivaram Subramanian, Markus Ettl
  • Publication number: 20240070476
    Abstract: A computer-implemented machine learning method includes accessing a decision tree associated with a path-based machine learning model. The decision tree is split into a plurality of multiway decision trees in a path-based formulation, each of the plurality of decision trees having an attribute not occurring more than once in each of the plurality of decision trees. A problem associated with the machine learning model is solved using one or more of the plurality of decision trees in which one or more decision rules of the decision tree are mapped using a mixed-integer program (MIPS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Shivaram Subramanian, Wei Sun, Markus Ettl
  • Publication number: 20240020710
    Abstract: A processor may receive input data. The processor may train based on the received input data, a machine learning model to estimate rate elasticity, attraction value, and a dissimilarity index associated with an object query and at least one object attribute. The processor may generate one or more object bundles. The processor may output the one or more object bundles to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: Markus Ettl, Shivaram Subramanian, Wei Sun, Mengzhenyu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240013068
    Abstract: A computer implemented method includes identifying, by one or more processors, a decision tree corresponding to an artificial intelligence model, detecting, by one or more processors, new data associated with an update to the identified decision tree, identifying, by one or more processors, counterfactual data corresponding to the new data, identifying, by one or more processors, one or more expected outcomes corresponding to the counterfactual data and the new data, and generating, by one or more processors, an updated decision tree based on the identified new data and the identified counterfactual data. A computer program product and computer system corresponding to the method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Wei Sun, Shivaram Subramanian, Youssef Drissi, Markus Ettl
  • Publication number: 20230368081
    Abstract: A method, a computer program product, and a system for optimized passenger rebooking including obtaining at least one travel disruption affecting at least one scheduled trip for a plurality of transported items. A demand valuation is calculated for each transported item of the plurality of transported items. A plurality of supply valuations is calculated for a plurality of alternative trips. An optimized alternative trip is selected from among the plurality of alternative trips for each transported item based on a comparison of the demand valuation and the plurality of supply valuations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Markus Ettl, KEVIN HASKINS, Shivaram Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20230289620
    Abstract: One or more application domain properties are integrated into a machine learning model by obtaining training data for use in training the machine learning model, where the training data includes factual data relating to a particular application, and obtaining, with reference to the training data, unlabeled counterfactual data for the particular application. The method includes imputing one or more labels to the unlabeled counterfactual data using domain knowledge for the particular application to obtain imputed counterfactual data. The domain knowledge includes one or more application domain properties. Further, the method includes training the machine learning model using the training data and the imputed counterfactual data to facilitate generating machine learning model predictions for the particular application in accordance with the one or more application domain properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Ruijiang GAO, Wei SUN, Max BIGGS, Youssef DRISSI, Markus ETTL
  • Publication number: 20230196250
    Abstract: A processor may receive travel information and user travel query. The user travel query may be from a user. A processor may analyze the travel information and the user travel query. A processor may generate one or more operational condition predictions from the travel information and user query. A processor may generate one or more passenger satisfaction predictions from the travel information and user query. A processor may identify a user satisfaction score based, at least in part, on one or more feature variances. The one or more feature variances may be based, at least in part on the one or more operational condition predictions and the one or more passenger satisfaction predictions. A processor may output the user satisfaction score to the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Herbert Scott McFaddin, Youssef Drissi, Markus Ettl, Anna Lisa Gentile, Petar Ristoski
  • Publication number: 20230186206
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for generating an ordered list of craft departures from a known origin point based on an operational cost and a predicted passenger satisfaction cost. The method collects historical data about one or more passengers, wherein the historical data comprises one or more craft operations and associated passenger complaint and satisfaction data. The method further trains a passenger satisfaction prediction model based on the collected historical data and computes the predicted passenger satisfaction cost for each of the craft departures based on the trained passenger satisfaction prediction model. The method further generates an ordered list of craft departures based on a combination of the operational cost and the computed predicted passenger satisfaction cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Herbert Scott McFaddin, Youssef Drissi, Markus Ettl, Anna Lisa Gentile, Petar Ristoski, Chek Keong Tan, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20230186331
    Abstract: In an aspect, input data can be received, including at least time series data associated with purchases of at least one product and causal influencer data associated with the purchases. The causal influencer data can include at least non-stationary data, where lost shares associated with said at least one product are unobserved. An artificial neural network can be trained based on the received input data to predict a future global demand associated with at least one product and individual market shares associated with at least one product. The artificial neural network can include at least a first temporal network to predict the global demand and a second temporal network to predict each of the individual market shares. The first temporal network and the second temporal network can be trained simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Shivaram Subramanian, Brian Leo Quanz, Pavithra Harsha, Ajay Ashok Deshpande, Markus Ettl
  • Publication number: 20230128532
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of generating an Artificial Intelligence (AI) driven prescriptive policy and executing a function includes obtaining interdependent operational information about the function. A model is trained with the interdependent operational information about the function to dynamically generate a plurality of candidate decision paths from a group of all feasible decision paths for a plurality of interrule logical conditions and one or more dynamic constraints of the operational information. A prescriptive policy is generated from the plurality of candidate decision paths to execute the function that satisfies to a threshold degree of confidence the interrule logical conditions and the one or more dynamic constraints of the operational information. The function is executed based on the generated prescriptive policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Shivaram Subramanian, Wei Sun, Markus Ettl, Youssef Drissi
  • Patent number: 11593722
    Abstract: A method for planning under uncertainty is disclosed. The method includes steps of processing a stochastic programming formulation based on forecast values of at least one of product and service configurations, and determining a resource requirements plan for one or more planning periods in a non-deterministic bill of resources of at least two levels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Markus Ettl, Ching-Hua Chen-Ritzo, John P. Fasano, Aliza Rivka Heching, Karthik Sourirajan, Robert J. Wittrock
  • Publication number: 20230045950
    Abstract: A method of using a computing device to self-train a machine learning model with an incomplete dataset including original observational data. The method includes receiving a labeled training data, the labeled training data for training a machine learning model. Counterfactual unlabeled training data is received. One or more labels are predicted for the counterfactual unlabeled training data. The machine learning model is trained based upon the labeled training data, the counterfactual unlabeled training data, and the predicted one or more labels for the unlabeled training data. The machine learning model reduces bias in original observational data. An evaluation of the predicted one or more labels is received based on corresponding artificial intelligence explanations provided by an artificial intelligence explainability model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventors: Ruijiang Gao, Wei Sun, Max Biggs, Markus Ettl, Youssef Drissi
  • Patent number: 11361325
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying customers having associated opportunities for improved growth and/or profitability with respect to product or service offerings and determining investment solutions that enhance the probability that the customers transition to the higher growth/profitability opportunities. Prior customer transactions are segmented based on segmentation criteria and used to generate a transaction graph. The nodes of the transaction graph represent the segmented transactions and client transaction paths between the nodes represent potential customer life-cycle trajectories. The transaction graph can be used to identify high-value penetration opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pawan Chowdhary, Markus Ettl, Donald Keefer, Gabriel Toma, Zhengliang Xue
  • Publication number: 20220180168
    Abstract: One embodiment of the invention provides a method for integrated segmentation and prescriptive policies generation. The method comprises training a first artificial intelligence (AI) model and a second model based on training data. The first AI model comprises a teacher model trained to determine a likelihood of a desired outcome for a given action. The second model comprises a prescriptive tree trained for segmentation. The method further comprises determining, via the teacher model, a first policy that produces an optimal action. The optimal action provides a best expected outcome. The method further comprises applying, via the second model, a recursive segmentation algorithm to generate one or more interpretable prescriptive policies. Each interpretable prescriptive policy is less complex and more interpretable than the first policy. The method further comprises, for each interpretable prescriptive policy, determining, via the teacher model, an expected outcome for the interpretable prescriptive policy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Max Biggs, Wei Sun, Shivaram Subramanian, Markus Ettl
  • Patent number: 11321762
    Abstract: A computer generates an optimized decision distribution vector for a plurality of related, demand-correlated products. The computer receives data indexed by product, with each entry including several entry attributes. The computer receives decision context data for the products. The computer determines a set of primary attributes and trains a first machine learning model based upon those attributes. The computer receives a decision optimization request that includes an associated set of attributes corresponding to the primary attributes. The computer scores the associated set of attributes, using the first machine learning model, to generate a baseline purchase propensity. The computer trains a second machine learning model, based upon the baseline purchase propensity and the decision context data, to generate own-product and cross-product elasticity data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shivaram Subramanian, Pavithra Harsha, Wei Sun, Markus Ettl
  • Publication number: 20220122142
    Abstract: A method, a structure, and a computer system for customized bundles of products and services. The exemplary embodiments may include gathering data corresponding to one or more consumers, one or more products, and one or more services. In addition, exemplary embodiments may further include generating one or more bundles of the one or more products and services corresponding to a consumer of the one or more consumers based on applying one or more models to the gathered data. Moreover, exemplary embodiments may further include determining a price of the one or more bundles, and displaying the one or more bundles to the consumer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Junyu Cao, Wei Sun, SHIVARAM SUBRAMANIAN, Markus Ettl
  • Patent number: 11295320
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are disclosed for identifying customers having associated opportunities for improved growth and/or profitability with respect to product or service offerings and determining investment solutions that enhance the probability that the customers transition to the higher growth/profitability opportunities. Prior customer transactions are segmented based on segmentation criteria and used to generate a transaction graph. The nodes of the transaction graph represent the segmented transactions and client transaction paths between the nodes represent potential customer life-cycle trajectories. The transaction graph can be used to identify high-value penetration opportunities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Pawan Chowdhary, Markus Ettl, Donald Keefer, Gabriel Toma, Zhengliang Xue
  • Publication number: 20220051128
    Abstract: Predictive analysis of customer relationship management elements by receiving service feature data associated with past services, receiving customer feature data, including customer interaction outcome data, for a set of customers associated with the past service, training a machine learning model according to the received feature data and customer feature data, and providing the trained machine learning model to a user, the model configured for predicting a future customer interaction outcome probability according to service feature data associated with a current service, and customer feature data associated with customers of the current service.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Petar Ristoski, Markus Ettl, Youssef Drissi, Chek Keong Tan, Anna Lisa Gentile, Herbert Scott McFaddin, Wei Sun
  • Publication number: 20220027682
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for classifying a non-monetary donation. The method comprises: training a machine learning model comprising input neurons arranged in an input layer, each input neuron being operable for inputting an input value (Xn) of a parameter of the donation, and at least one hidden layer comprising multiple hidden neurons, each hidden neuron being operable for calculating a hidden layer value based on at least one input value and weights (w(Xn, Ym)) associated with the respective input neurons. The number of input parameters may be reduced based on ranking the weights (w(Xn, Ym)) related to the individual input parameters. The number of neurons of the hidden layer may be reduced based on ranking the weights related to the individual neurons of the hidden layer. The trained model, the reduced input parameters, and reduced hidden neurons may be provided for enabling the classification using the trained model.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Thorsten Muehge, Erik Rueger, Markus Ettl, Beverley Joanne Dyke, Thomas William Moncreaff
  • Publication number: 20210406978
    Abstract: A computer generates an optimized decision distribution vector for a plurality of related, demand-correlated products. The computer receives data indexed by product, with each entry including several entry attributes. The computer receives decision context data for the products. The computer determines a set of primary attributes and trains a first machine learning model based upon those attributes. The computer receives a decision optimization request that includes an associated set of attributes corresponding to the primary attributes. The computer scores the associated set of attributes, using the first machine learning model, to generate a baseline purchase propensity. The computer trains a second machine learning model, based upon the baseline purchase propensity and the decision context data, to generate own-product and cross-product elasticity data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shivaram Subramanian, Pavithra Harsha, Wei Sun, Markus Ettl