Multiple award optimization
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1. A method for multiple award optimization bidding in online auctions comprising:
- providing, by the buyer, a price ceiling and a tolerance for a resource;
soliciting a plurality of bids from a plurality of suppliers, the bids having a unit price and a quantity;
validating the bids if the bids meet a set of rules;
generating an optimal solution with the validated bids, the optimal solution having an optimal quantity and an optimal unit price from at least one supplier;
comparing the optimal unit price to a compare value; and
replacing the compare value with the optimal unit price if the optimal unit price is less than the compare value.
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Abstract
A method for multiple award optimization bidding in online auctions, including providing, by the buyer, a price ceiling and a tolerance for a resource, soliciting bids, having a unit price and quantity, from suppliers, validating the bids if the bids meet a set of rules, generating an optimal solution, having an optimal quantity and an optimal unit price from at least one supplier, comparing the optimal unit price to a compare value, and replacing the compare value with the optimal unit price if the optimal unit price is less than the compare value.
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1. A method for multiple award optimization bidding in online auctions comprising:
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providing, by the buyer, a price ceiling and a tolerance for a resource;
soliciting a plurality of bids from a plurality of suppliers, the bids having a unit price and a quantity;
validating the bids if the bids meet a set of rules;
generating an optimal solution with the validated bids, the optimal solution having an optimal quantity and an optimal unit price from at least one supplier;
comparing the optimal unit price to a compare value; and
replacing the compare value with the optimal unit price if the optimal unit price is less than the compare value. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for multiple award optimization bidding in online auctions comprising:
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providing, by the buyer, a price ceiling and a tolerance for a resource;
soliciting a plurality of bids from a plurality of suppliers, the bids having a unit price, a quantity, and a total cost;
accepting a most recent bid from a bidder;
calculating a total cost for the most recent bid;
comparing the unit price for the most recent bid against the price ceiling;
checking the quantity of the most recent bid against a quantity of a previous bid from the bidder and the total cost of the most recent bid against a previous total cost of the bidder;
evaluating the quantity of the most recent bid against a quantity of another supplier'"'"'s bid and the unit price of the most recent bid against a unit price of another supplier'"'"'s bid;
rejecting the bid if at least one of the unit price of the most recent bid is not less than the price ceiling, the quantity of the most recent bid is less than the quantity of the previous bid from the bidder and the total cost of the most recent bid is greater than the previous total cost of the bidder, and the quantity of the most recent bid is equal to the quantity of current bids from at least one other supplier and the unit price of the most recent bid is equal to the unit price of the current bids from at least one other supplier;
determining a decision variable for the current bids and the most recent bid if the most recent bid is not rejected;
generating an optimal solution from a lowest overall optimal solution set of the most recent bid that satisfies an objective function and constraints and the current bids that satisfies an objective function and constraints, the optimal solution having an optimal quantity, an optimal unit price and an optimal parameter, the optimal quantity being a sum of quantities from an optimal solution set of bids, the optimal unit price being an average of the unit price from the solution set of bids;
denying the most recent bid if an optimal solution cannot be generated;
comparing the optimal unit price to a compare value;
evaluating whether the decision variable of the most recent bid matches the optimal parameter;
replacing the compare value with the optimal unit price if the optimal unit price is not equal to the compare value and the decision variable of the most recent bid matches the optimal parameter;
notifying the suppliers, in real time, that the most recent bid is in the optimal solution if the decision variable matches the optimal parameter; and
accepting the most recent bid if the decision variable does not match the optimal parameter.
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17. A method for bidders to determine an optimal bid comprising:
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providing, by the buyer, a price ceiling and a tolerance for a resource;
receiving at least one bid from a supplier, the bid having a unit price and a quantity;
inputting a value for one of a new unit price and a new quantity;
generating an optimal bid using the inputted value; and
supplying at least one of a corresponding value necessary to reach the optimal bid and a no feasible solution result. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system for multiple award optimization bidding in online auctions comprising:
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a database for receiving and storing a price ceiling and a tolerance from a buyer and a plurality of bids from a plurality of suppliers for a resource, the bids having a unit price and a quantity; and
software for validating the bids and generating an optimal solution, the optimal solution having an optimal quantity, an optimal unit price and an optimal parameter. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A machine readable medium for multiple award optimization bidding in online auctions comprising:
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a first machine readable code that receives and stores a price ceiling and a tolerance from a buyer and a plurality of bids from a plurality of suppliers for a resource, the bids having a unit price and a quantity;
a second machine readable code that validates the bids; and
a third readable code that generates an optimal solution, the optimal solution having an optimal quantity, an optimal unit price, and an optimal parameter. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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