386 results about "Cost analysis" patented technology

A cost oriented profiler (COP) mechanism that analyzes the behavior of input application source code with regard to the software total cost of ownership (TCO). The cost analysis tool provided by the mechanism analyzes the behavior of the source code and generates a cost report with indications as to the portions of the source code that have the most impact on the TCO of the application. Based on simulations and by comparing multiple versions of the source code, the COP mechanism determines if a particular change to the source code will increase or decrease software TCO. Behavior analysis, including static and dynamic analysis of the source code, is used to generate one or more code recommendations to reduce the TCO.

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allocating resources based on predictions of service level agreement (SLA) breaches in order to minimize costs are provided. With the method, apparatus, and computer instructions, a prediction that an SLA will be breached is received from a prediction engine associated with the SLM system. Based on a prediction that an SLA will be breached, a minimum cost analysis is performed to determine if computer resources may be shifted from another service consumer under another SLA to facilitate the service consumer of the potentially breached SLA in order to reduce the cost of the penalty associated with breaching SLAs. If so, resources are reallocated in order to minimize penalties associated with SLA breaches.

The present invention relates to an assembled building detailed design and construction method based on BIM (Building Information Modeling) and large data. The method comprises the following steps of: a user-defined house type based on the BIM; multi-specialty cooperative design based on the BIM; intelligent assembled building splitting based on the BIM; construction cost analysis based on the large data; auto-generation of a production plan, a construction plan and a raw material purchase plan based on the large data; intelligent factory assembling production based on the BIM; a storage, transportation and management system based on the internet of things; on-site installation and construction management based on the BIM; and assembled building operation and maintenance management based on the BIM. By adopting the scheme provided by the present invention, the management and control of the whole assembled building design and production process are improved, the working efficiency is improved, the project quality is ensured, and the development of an assembled building can be effectively promoted.

A mesh network routing protocol for optimizing network data transmission capacity using a cost analysis based upon a links proximity to the gateway or other bandwidth constrained node. Specifically, the protocol computes a plurality of routing costs associated with each data path, compares the routing costs, and then selects the data path associated with the lowest routing cost for the transmission of data. Each link in each of the paths is weighted in view of its proximity to an ingress / egress point to the mesh network or other bandwidth constrained node or link of the network.

A method and apparatus for managing a building model inventory, including a database structured for storing element specification and instance data from both a previous version and a latter revision of building information modeling datasets, respectively. In addition to the building information modeling element data, the database associates completed assembly pass, unit cost, work breakdown structure, and other inventory management data with the element type definitions and element instance data. Application software compares the first and second inventory revisions to identify all changes, additions and / or deletions of building elements between the previous version and the latter revision of the building information modeling datasets. By tracking the elements that change, the changes that affect the construction schedule and quantity, configuration and specification of materials are identified. An engineering cost analysis based on the changed data provides a rapid understanding of the implications of any design change.

A performance and cost analysis system and method comprises an output system; a calculation system operatively inputting data to the output system, wherein the calculation system is adapted to process system engineering and cost parameters of a system under analysis, make changes to the system engineering and cost parameters of the system under analysis, and calculate effects of factors influencing the system under analysis based on the changes made to the system engineering and cost parameters; an input model system operatively inputting data to the calculation system; and an input data system operatively inputting data to the calculation system and the output system, wherein the output system is adapted to identify changes to the system under analysis based on the calculated effects, and calculate a life cycle cost of the system under analysis based on the identified changes. Preferably, the system under analysis comprises hardware architecture components.

Embodiments generally disclosed herein include methods and systems for calculating incremental network costs between logical city pairs in a network (each city pair being in communication across the network via one or more physical links). For example, the method includes a cost analyzer that, for each physical link in the network, determines a steady state capacity allocation associated with each city pair in the network and, in the same vein, determines a restoration capacity allocation associated with each city pair in the network. The cost analyzer is capable of calculating an incremental cost per unit of traffic for a given city pair based on: i) the steady state capacity allocation and a restoration capacity allocation associated with a given city pair, as compared to, ii) the aggregate steady state capacity allocations and restoration capacity allocations associated with each city pair in the network.

Method and system for testing policies to determine cost savings, which in one embodiment comprises receiving identities of a set of one or more persons associated within an organization, the one or more person's travel related expenditures are to be governed by at least a first and second policy; from the set of one or more persons, identifying a first group governed by the first policy and identifying a second group governed by the second policy; identifying the travel costs incurred by the first group and costs incurred by the second group; and following the passage of a predetermined period of time, in view of the respective separate policies, performing a cost analysis on travel costs incurred by the first group during the predetermined period of time and the travel costs incurred by the second group during the predetermined period of time.

A system, method, and computer readable medium for returning the different costs for multiple potential travel alternatives using a single travel change request. The itinerary information is analyzed to determine fare rules and requirements to follow in repricing a new ticket. The process builds alternative flight criteria based on the requested travel change. The alternative flight criteria are then matched with fare data that is associated with the markets for the new itinerary. When the available flight information has been accessed along with the best available fares, this information is used to query available seat inventory on the target flights. Using the information from the targeted flights, alternative itinerary solutions are driven through the repricing process to determine the cost of each proposed itinerary for the requested change. With multiple answers to the request, full alternative costs can be proposed to a customer to make a change decision that best meets the customer's needs.

Methods and an automated digital applications are disclosed that can assist in the operation, scheduling and vehicle maintenance of transportation companies, and especially those involved in the transportation of special needs persons having routine schedules, e.g., between home and school, subject to dynamic changes. The methods provide for exception request handling via receiving exception requests for scheduled and non-scheduled route changes whereby multiple dispatchers can effectively and efficiently modify routes in multi-vehicle operations, alter other dispatchers of the change(s) and communicate new route information to operators of the vehicles. Further, routine and non-routine, as well as vehicle maintenance and cost analysis, are provided by the methods.

Methods and systems are provided for modifying a pulse sequence. In one embodiment, a determination is made whether an estimated peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) associated with a pulse sequence exceeds a PNS limit. If the estimated PNS exceeds the PNS limit, a slew rate associated with one or more axes of the pulse sequence may be reduced and the maximum gradient amplitudes for each axis of the pulse sequence may be adjusted. In one embodiment, adjustment of the maximum gradient amplitudes or local slew rate may be based upon a cost analysis performed on the pulse sequence.

Just-in-time segment cleaning obtains the location of blocks of a storage system predicted to be targeted by a future write operation and cleans the blocks targeted for the future write operation prior to the occurrence of the future write operation. In one aspect, just-in-time segment cleaning is performed in proportion to previous user-initiated write operations. In another aspect, just-in-time segment cleaning applies a cost analysis determination to minimize the work of cleaning.

The invention provides an operation coordination optimizing method of common public transit connecting with urban rail transit and a system thereof. By counting with mathematical statistics, coordination transfer rate and passenger transfer cost under each transfer mode are obtained, a multivariable operation coordination optimizing mode which aims at the least mass cost of the transit system total cost which comprises operator cost and passenger travel cost is built, and an algorithm with a genetic algorithm based on Powell is optimized. The system comprises a GIS map reading and transit line identification procedure module, a transit system data inputting procedure module, a transit system cost analyzing procedure module and a transit system optimization processing procedure module. The invention solves the problem of the operation coordination of the urban rail transit and the common public transit, so as to improve the scientificity and the effectiveness of transit network operation. Simultaneously, the system has simple input and increases the convenience of operation coordination work.

The present invention relates to a system and methodology for facilitating managing product life cycle. A component that determines relevance of components to a product; an analyzing component that determines, infers or predicts obsolescence, level of risk to EOL of a subset of the components. A substitution component that identifies replacement components and suppliers for the subset of components. A cost analysis component that determines material / components cost savings, and redesign cost implementation and / or redesign cost avoidance.

A computer implemented method, apparatus, and computer program product for managing charter flights. Current status is monitored for a plurality of aircraft including any aircraft currently in-flight. In response to receiving a request from a requester for service from a departure location to an arrival location, a set of flights from the departure location to the arrival location is identified using the current status of the plurality of aircraft to form a set of potential flight choices. A cost analysis is performed on the set of potential flight choices to form a set cost results. A portion of the set of potential flight choices is selected based on the set of cost results to form a set of planned flights. The set of planned flights is presented to the requester.

The invention relates to a system and methodology for facilitating managing product life cycle. A component that determines relevance of components to a product; an analyzing component that determines, infers or predicts obsolescence, level of risk to EOL of a subset of the components. A substitution component that identifies replacement components and suppliers for the subset of components. A cost analysis component that determines material / components cost savings, and redesign cost implementation and / or redesign cost avoidance. A viability component that measures reliability of a component. A transition component that identifies components that require updating or replacement. A profitability component that determines the expected revenue derived from a component over its projected remaining life.

A list scheduler in a compiler can select from a plurality of alternative instruction sequences for one or more computation performed within an application. A scheduler can initially identify and track one or more computations for which multiple alternative instruction sequences exist. An available instruction list can be populated with the alternative instruction sequences. The list scheduler can access the available instruction list during scheduling of the application. The list scheduler can perform a cost analysis while scheduling the instructions by performing a look ahead. The list scheduler may select alternate instruction sequences for similar computations occurring in different portions of the application based on the cost benefit analysis.

The invention discloses a method for controlling a yaw system of a wind turbine. Starting constraint conditions are established based on a full life cycle cost theory and by comparing yaw comprehensive cost and predicting the unit capacity after yaw to judge yaw maneuver under different working conditions, the contradiction between the wind turbine capacity and the losses of the yaw maneuver is eliminated, the service life of a yaw system is prolonged, and the maximization of the comprehensive benefit of the full life cycle of the wind turbine is achieved. According to the method, the wind speed, the wind direction changing rate, the wind direction changing angles and other factors are taken into consideration comprehensively, and scientific judgment is carried out on whether the yaw maneuver is necessary or not from the point of view of the economic optimality of the full life cycle when threshold value control requirements are met by predicting the increased capacity after yaw and combining cost analysis of the yaw maneuver.

A mechanism for minimizing effective memory latency without unnecessary cost through fine-grained software-directed data prefetching using integrated high-level and low-level code analysis and optimizations is provided. The mechanism identifies and classifies streams, identifies data that is most likely to incur a cache miss, exploits effective hardware prefetching to determine the proper number of streams to be prefetched, exploits effective data prefetching on different types of streams in order to eliminate redundant prefetching and avoid cache pollution, and uses high-level transformations with integrated lower level cost analysis in the instruction scheduler to schedule prefetch instructions effectively.

The invention discloses an electric power engineering design review and technical economic evaluation information system. The electric power engineering design review and technical economic evaluation information system comprises a project review plan management module, a project review module, a province infrastructure project information database construction module, a design quality management module, an external user interaction management module, a main network engineering cost compilation system module, a cost analysis management module and a message management module. The system integrates demands of actual engineering project design review and technical economic management works, makes engineering project design review and technical economic management works have great improvement in standardization, unification, normalization and refinement, greatly improves an intensive management level, effectively and practically improves efficiency of engineering project design review and technical economic management works and brings about substantial economic and social benefits.

Disclosed are systems and related methods for performing cost reduction analyses, and selecting and implementing appropriate cost reduction programs. The systems include electronically enabled tools for automatically performing cost analyses, identifying cost levers, and selecting cost reduction strategies targeting those cost levers. Disclosed embodiments examine a target company's financial data and detect the key levers or drivers that affect the company's cost structure. Thereafter, the identified cost levers are linked to one or more pertinent business capability recommendations where each linked capability recommendation is tailored to provide at least one element of a cost reduction strategy adapted to address one or more of the identified levers. Further, business capability overviews are provided for each capability recommendation, where the overview can contain case studies, implementation plans, integration implications, sample benefit and impact forecasts and other relevant information pertaining to the understanding, assessment and implementation of that particular capability recommendation.

The invention provides a method for processing and recycling corpses and excretion thereof of poultry died from shooting, the method processes and recycles the poultry died from shooting, such as the corpses and the excretion of chickens, wastes: such as wood chips, rice, corn stalks or wheat stalks, and the like, aerobic micro-organisms and the like, thereby obtaining an advanced biological organic fertilizer; and the method is respectively significantly better than traditional processing methods on safety, sanitation, reduction, ultimate disposal, disposal time, resource recycling, space needs, cost analysis and other various items.

A mesh network routing protocol for optimizing network data transmission capacity using a cost analysis based upon a links proximity to the gateway or other bandwidth constrained node. Specifically, the protocol computes a plurality of routing costs associated with each data path, compares the routing costs, and then selects the data path associated with the lowest routing cost for the transmission of data. Each link in each of the paths is weighted in view of its proximity to an ingress / egress point to the mesh network or other bandwidth constrained node or link of the network.

The present invention relates to an ultrasonic imaging device and an ultrasonic diagnostic device including an image processing unit. The image processing device includes: an image acquisition unit, an extraction unit, a tracking unit and a physical parameter calculation unit. The image acquisition unit is used to collect the image data of the measured object; the extraction unit extracts a plurality of trackable feature points according to the collected image data; the tracking unit tracks the movement of the feature points; information to obtain the specific physical parameters of the feature points located in each ROI. The specific physical parameters are, for example, displacement, deformation and deformation speed. The ultrasonic imaging device and ultrasonic diagnostic device can more easily and accurately extract feature points, and perform low-cost analysis on systolic / diastolic functions such as the heart.

A system and method for updating contact records automates analysis of contact results for one or more contact devices performing a contact campaign in order to select contact records for skip trace updates to contact information with the updated contact information for real time use by the contact devices. For instance, an update engine analyzes contact records returned by dialers to a distribution module to select contact records to skip trace based on rules, such as where a wrong number code is indicated, or cost analysis, such as where the predicted result of an update has a value greater than the cost of obtaining the update. The distribution model provides the updated contact information for real time use by the dialers of the updated contact numbers.

A network appliance may be configured to transmit data over a multiple networks from one or more client applications, for example, enterprise business applications. The network appliance may receive and analyze information regarding the multiple different networks transmitting over different transmission media, e.g., terrestrial and wireless, and to switch a client application from a primary network to a backup network based on a detected change in network availability. For example, the determination to switch transmission networks may be based on an outage of a primary network, or based on an efficiency or cost analysis, along with other factors. The network appliance may be in communication with an appliance network server, for example, to receive and compile statistics and remotely reconfigure a plurality of network appliances installed in remote locations.

An exemplary embodiment of the invention relates to a method and system for performing parts requirement planning activities across an extended supply chain. The method comprises loading a bill of material file into a computer network, processing the bill of material file, generating a bid request from the bill of material file, and transmitting the bid request to a web site. The method further includes receiving at least one bid response from a supplier, analyzing the bid response, generating an award notice, and transmitting the award notice to the supplier. The method also includes tracking selected activities in a log. Processing the bill of material file includes incorporating marketing cost analysis data into the computer network.

The invention relates to an on-line management method for project budget generation by material and labor cost analysis. According to the method, based on a remote interaction platform, on-line management on the project budget generation by the material and labor cost analysis is achieved through data transmission and data processing between a budget end computer device, at least one checking end computer device and a server end computer system. Through establishment of the basic standards such as material, labor and rate projects, the material and the labor are analyzed, and the project budget is generated by using of material and the labor analysis results. Budgetary use amounts of the labor and the material are supplied to division component project items of a unit project in construction management. A production planning department compiles a construction plan according to construction budget, arranges production and counts completed workload.

A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for allocating resources based on predictions of service level agreement (SLA) breaches in order to minimize costs are provided. With the method, apparatus, and computer instructions, a prediction that an SLA will be breached is received from a prediction engine associated with the SLM system. Based on a prediction that an SLA will be breached, a minimum cost analysis is performed to determine if computer resources may be shifted from another service consumer under another SLA to facilitate the service consumer of the potentially breached SLA in order to reduce the cost of the penalty associated with breaching SLAs. If so, resources are reallocated in order to minimize penalties associated with SLA breaches.