System and method for grouping time series data for forecasting purposes

System and method for grouping time series data for forecasting purposes

A system and method for grouping units for forecasting purposes is presented. A plurality of stock keeping units (SKUs) is presented to an embodiment. Initial medoids are chosen based on a vertex within a set of vertices, each of which represent a SKU. Then, each vertex within the set of vertices is...

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Hauptverfasser: Jha, Abhay, Ray, Shubhankar
Format: Patent
Sprache:eng
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CALCULATING
COMPUTING
COUNTING
DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES
HANDLING RECORD CARRIERS
PHYSICS
PRESENTATION OF DATA
RECOGNITION OF DATA
RECORD CARRIERS
SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Zusammenfassung:A system and method for grouping units for forecasting purposes is presented. A plurality of stock keeping units (SKUs) is presented to an embodiment. Initial medoids are chosen based on a vertex within a set of vertices, each of which represent a SKU. Then, each vertex within the set of vertices is associated with its closest medoid to form initial clusters. There can be a cap on the number of vertices in each cluster. Thereafter, an iterative algorithm is performed wherein a probability is assigned to each vertex. One or more vertices are randomly chosen, with the weights of the vertices weighting the random choice. The chosen one or more vertices are moved to another cluster. The algorithm is performed until no further improvements result from moving one or more vertices to another cluster. Other embodiments are also disclosed herein.