A PRICE FORECASTING SYSTEM

Abstract

This invention relates to a system (1) that enables the estimation of prices to be given in RFP (Request for Proposal) documents prepared for the purchasing processes of firms and the identification of changes that can be made on the document in order to obtain a better price.

Description

1 TARIFF A PRICE FORECASTING SYSTEM Technical Area This invention is designed to help companies prepare RFP (Request for Proposal) forms for their purchasing processes. – Estimating the prices to be submitted for Request for Proposal (Request for Proposal) documents. and identifying changes that can be made to the document in order to obtain a better price. It is related to a system that enables this. Previous Technique RFP certification is a document that allows an organization, firm, or institution to outsource services or It is a document prepared to obtain offers from other companies for the purchase of products. Insufficient or an RFP document prepared vaguely requires suppliers to provide details of the project and 15 This can cause problems in understanding the organization's expectations and lead to misunderstandings. This may lead to pricing issues. The RFP document must have a sufficient level of maturity. This allows the organization to receive better bids, increases competition, and improves project success. This allows for increased productivity. Companies explain this when submitting their proposals based on the prepared RFP document. They provide prices based on the scope of the project and their experience. Therefore, 20 how much of the product or service the organization needs within the scope of the project A more detailed description will allow for a more accurate estimate of the resulting cost. This ensures that supplier companies incur high costs due to uncertainty. prevented Therefore, the maturity levels of the prepared RFP documents are determined accordingly. Estimating the prices to be given and documenting them in order to obtain a better price. We need a system that allows us to identify the changes that can be made. It seems that it was heard. 2 Chinese patent CN116342167B, which falls under the known state of the art. in the document, to understand the product requirements in the document using natural language processing and a system configured to make price predictions using machine learning methods The system is being discussed. This invention involves sequential labeling of named entities. It provides a recognition-based intelligent cost measurement method and device. Method 5 This includes using a pre-defined industry language knowledge base. Request document: Recognize Nesma function points and characters sentence by sentence. Sequence labeling, classification, and marking; identifying input data; input Obtaining the sequential properties of sentences based on data, multidimensional vector Determining the matrix; forward and backward sequence of sentences based on a multidimensional vector matrix. Determining the back features, defining the sentence sequence context feature vector matrix; The sentence sequence is based on the context feature vector matrix, each subsequence Determining the probability of asset formation from a combination, asset forecasting results; Determining cost estimation results based on asset estimation results. This The invention is based on the Nesma function point analysis method, character string 15 using natural language processing techniques such as labeling to correctly point to function quickly identify the asset and perform software cost measurement and evaluation is able to accomplish this. Brief Description of the Invention 20 The purpose of this invention is to analyze RFP documents and determine their maturity levels. In this context, better estimates of prices to be given by companies. Identifying possible changes to the document in order to obtain a price quote. a system that ensures the people who prepared the document are informed 25 to accomplish. Detailed Description of the Invention The “Price Prediction System” implemented to achieve the purpose of this invention is attached as document 30. This is shown in the figure; 3 Figure 1 shows a schematic view of the system that is the subject of the invention. The parts shown in the figure are individually numbered, and the corresponding numbers correspond to these numbers. given below: 5 1. System 2. Database 3. Server Estimating the prices to be given for RFP documents, in order to obtain a better price. Identifying possible changes to the document and the person who prepared the document The invention is a system that enables people to be informed (1); -to keep records of RFP documents and detailed information related to the document. at least one database structured to (2) and 15 -communicating with the database (2) and managing the database (2), on at least a system that automatically processes, analyzes, and improves itself through learning from data. to run an artificial intelligence, triggered at specific intervals to access the database (2) and to receive, process, and record RFP documents kept in the database (2), to segment by topic and record the segment information in the database (2), every 20 will be effective in pricing for a particular product. Specifying parameters from within the document, pricing for the specified parameters. making a forecast, for parameters that yield a price forecast different from the expected price. a database to identify improvement options and inform companies. (2) at least one server configured to record data within (3) 25 It includes. In the system that is the subject of the invention, the database (2) is in communication with the server (3) (1). and is configured to be managed by the server (3). The invention is preferred In the arrangement made, the database (2) contains the offers of the companies to the supplier companies 30 They prepared RFP documents to submit, linking them to project information. 4 It is structured to keep records in this way. Within the database (2) The results of the analysis conducted on RFP documents, subject segment keeping a record of the information and data on identified errors, deficiencies, and improvements. It is structured accordingly. The server (3) in the system in question (1) is located in the known state of the art. Communicating with remote servers using any remote communication protocol and is configured to exchange data. The server (3), data making new data entries into the database (2), the records in the database (2) Deletion of data or modification of registered data in the database (2) 10 and operations such as updating the registered data in the database (2) It is configured to manage the database (2). The data is on the server (3). at least one artificial intelligence system that operates automatically, analyzes, and improves itself through learning. to train intelligence and machine learning through that artificial intelligence It is structured to execute its algorithms. The preferred 15 of the invention RFP kept under record in the server (3) database (2) in the arrangement obtaining documents and natural language processing (NLP) It is configured to process using the techniques. Server (3) RFP The purpose and subject of the document's preparation were determined as a result of processing the document using NLP. to identify and segment the document in question by subject and segment 20 The server (3) is configured to save the information to the database (2). In the RFP document processed, under each topic, the supplier companies are listed. It is structured to determine the parameters that will be used for pricing. The server (3) has previously extracted the pricing parameters from the RFP document. The different pricing parameters determined, the inflation rate of the current period is 25 By adding the data and the price quote data given to the RFP document, the machine to analyze using learning techniques and estimate the cost of the project is being configured. The server (3) determines the project cost with the RFP document. It is configured to save to the database (2) in an associated manner. Server (3) when estimating the cost, the highest cost is 30 to identify the causal parameters through correlation analysis and the relevant By determining how the parameters can be changed to obtain a lower price, a recommendation can be made. to be recorded in the database (2) in order to be presented as is being configured. Server (3) Unclear parameters in the RFP document to determine the data and what details are provided for those parameters to affect the price. By identifying the changes that will occur and what kind of changes they will cause, we suggest 5 as recommendations. to be recorded in the database (2) for submission It is being structured. Industrial Application of the Invention Maturity levels of RFP documents prepared with the system (1) that is the subject of the invention In line with this, in order to estimate the prices to be given and to get a better price Identifying potential changes to the document and optimizing the price. This is ensured. An example of an invention is an RFP prepared for a software project. software that will affect pricing by server (3) in the document requirements, hardware requirements, type of data integration, API (Application Programming Interface (Application Development Interface) requirements, security. standards, performance criteria (processing speed, response times, high availability 20 requirements), testing processes, acceptance tests and quality assurance methods, compliance standards, backup, training and documentation requirements Parameters related to the project are determined. The server (3) determines the parameters. Hardware specifications needed for project development: CPU speed, RAM capacity, storage type and capacity, operating system, security requirements, 25 application requirements, what is subject to licensing, and what topics require additional licensing to add the data as it is subject to and within which that data is located period inflation data and price quotation data submitted to the RFP document By adding and analyzing with machine learning techniques, the project cost can be estimated. It is. 30 6 Around these basic concepts, the subject of the invention is “A Price Prediction System (1)”. It is possible to develop a wide variety of applications, and the invention described herein It cannot be limited to examples; it is essentially as stated in the requests.

Claims

7 REQUESTS 1. Estimating the prices to be given for RFP documents, better pricing. Identifying the changes that can be made to the document in order to obtain it. and ensuring that the people who prepared the document were informed; 5 - It contains RFP documents and detailed information about the document. containing at least one database (2) structured to hold and -communicating with database (2) and managing database (2), It automatically processes, analyzes, and learns from data. to develop at least one artificial intelligence that is triggered at specific intervals 10 to access the database (2) and keep records within the database (2) Receiving, processing, subject-based segmentation of RFP documents, and segmenting to record the information in the database (2), supplier companies for each subject Parameters that will affect pricing can be selected from the document. to determine, to make a price forecast for the determined parameters, expected 15 Improvement options for parameters that yield price estimates different from the price itself. to identify and register within the database (2) for informing companies characterized by having at least one server (3) configured to take it under control a system (1).

2. To be in communication with server (3) and to be managed by server (3) A system like the one in Claim 1 characterized by the structured database (2). (1).

3. It contains 25 documents that companies prepare to submit offers to supplier companies. RFP documents are kept on record, linked to project information. Claim 1 is characterized by the database structured to hold (3). or a system like in 2 (1).

4. Includes the results of the analyses performed on RFP documents, 30 topic segment information and identified errors, omissions and improvements 8 with the database structured to keep its data on record (2) a system like any of the above characterized claims (1).

5. Communicate with remote servers using any remote communication protocol. with the server (3) configured to establish and exchange data a system like any of the above characterized claims (1).

6. Making new data entries into the database (2), database (2) 10 deletion of the registered data in it or within the database (2) Modification of registered data and registered data in the database (2) to manage the database (2) by operations such as updating from the above requests characterized by the configured server (3) a system like any other (1). 15 7. It automatically processes, analyzes, and learns from data, improving itself. to employ at least one artificial intelligence that develops and use that artificial intelligence through which machine learning algorithms are executed 20 of the above requests characterized by the configured server (3) a system like any other (1).

8. To retrieve the RFP documents kept in the database (2) and a server configured to process using natural language processing techniques (3) like any of the above claims characterized by 25 system (1).

9. The purpose of preparing the RFP document is determined by processing it with NLP. and identify its subject matter and segment the document based on its subject. 30 configured to record subject and segment information into the database (2) 9 in any of the above requests characterized by the server (3) such a system (1).

10. In the RFP document processed with NLP, supplier companies are listed under each topic.

5. Structured to determine the parameters that will be subject to pricing. in any of the above requests characterized by the server (3) such a system (1). Pricing parameters derived from document 11 of the RFP were previously used. the different pricing parameters determined, the current period 10 inflation data and price quotation data submitted to the RFP document by adding machine learning techniques to analyze the project Characterized by the server (3) configured to estimate its cost. a system like any of the above-mentioned requests (1).

12. Provide the determined project cost in a way that is linked to the RFP document. characterized by the server (3) configured to save to the base (2). a system like any of the above-mentioned requests (1).

13. When estimating costs, the most common reasons for high costs are 20. to identify the parameters in question through correlation analysis and By determining how to change the parameters to get a lower price. to be recorded in the database (2) in order to be presented as a proposal from the above requests characterized by the configured server (3) a system like any of them (1). 25 14. To identify unclear parameter data within the RFP document and to clarify the terms. What details need to be provided regarding the parameters in question for the price to change? data to identify what kind of change will occur and present it as a recommendation. Server (3) configured to record within the database (2) and 30 a system like any of the above characterized claims (1).

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