Matching Support Device for Real-Time Supply Demand Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems for matching consumer demand with supplier information are unable to accurately reflect changes in supply information over time, leading to mismatches between current demand and supply conditions.
Innovation Solution
A matching support device and system that continuously receives and records supply and demand information from terminals used by suppliers and consumers, allowing for real-time matching and transaction processing based on updated information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If supply information is stored in a server at a specific point in time, then the system structure is simple, but the matching cannot reflect real-time changes in supply conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from static storage to dynamic continuous collection. The information collection unit continuously receives supply information from supplier terminals during an arbitrary period, and the matching unit performs matching both before and after the period ends, enabling the system to adapt to changing supply conditions while maintaining manageable complexity through structured data flow
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements continuous information collection during an arbitrary period followed by continuous matching operations. The information recording unit continuously stores supply and demand information, and the matching unit continuously performs matching operations, ensuring that the system always reflects current conditions without requiring complex real-time processing infrastructure
2Adaptability or versatility
If matching is performed only once with stored information, then the processing time is short, but the matching result cannot adapt to changes in supply conditions
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary matching operations during the arbitrary period using previously collected information, and then performs additional matching operations after the period ends using newly collected information. This preliminary action approach allows the system to prepare matches in advance while still adapting to changes, distributing the processing time over multiple phases rather than requiring a single time-consuming operation
Solution Approach 2:
The system divides the matching process into periodic phases: information collection during an arbitrary period, matching before the period ends, and matching after the period ends. This periodic action structure enables the system to adapt to supply changes at different time points while managing processing time through structured intervals rather than continuous real-time processing
3Measurement precision
If the system collects information continuously during an arbitrary period, then the matching accuracy is improved, but the information processing load increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments the information collection process into discrete time periods and divides the matching operations into separate phases (before period ends and after period ends). This segmentation allows the system to collect information continuously for precision while managing processing load by organizing matching operations into distinct, manageable phases rather than handling all information simultaneously
Solution Approach 2:
The system performs preliminary information collection and preliminary matching operations during the arbitrary period, then completes the matching process after the period ends. This preliminary action approach allows continuous information collection for high precision while distributing the processing load over time, improving overall processing efficiency by avoiding simultaneous handling of all data
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AI summary
A matching support device which achieve matching between demand information and supply information, quickly and accurately reflecting changes in information. The matching support device acquires supply information and/or demand information, performs a matching between the demand information and the supply information, and transmits results of the matching to a supplier terminal and a consumer terminal. The matching support device, during a period specified from the supplier terminal and/or the consumer terminal, continues reception of the supply information and/or the demand information to reflect the changes in information and to continue matching. The matching support device may calculate, based on information of matchings, a schedule-to-result difference ratio of the supply plan information and/or the demand plan information.