Recommending Waste Reductions and Credit Purchases for Business Units
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- determining a plurality of revenue loss functions associated with a plurality of respective business units;
receiving a plurality of waste credit constraints associated with the plurality of respective business units;
calculating a recommended waste credit purchase amount and a plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts associated with the plurality of respective business units, wherein the calculating further comprises minimizing a sum of the plurality of the revenue loss functions and a purchase function, subject to the waste credit constraints, a purchase constraint, and a reduction goal constraint; and
presenting the recommended waste credit purchase amount and the plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts.
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Abstract
In an embodiment, revenue loss functions associated with business units are determined and waste credit constraints associated with the business units are received. A recommended waste credit purchase amount and recommended waste credit reduction amounts associated with the business units are calculated by minimizing a sum of the revenue loss functions and a purchase function, subject to the waste credit constraints, a purchase constraint, and a reduction goal constraint. In various embodiments, the recommended waste credit purchase amount and the recommended waste credit reduction amounts are presented, the amount of waste credits specified by the recommended waste credit purchase amount are purchased, and the business units reduce their waste emissions by their respective recommended waste credit reduction amounts. In an embodiment, the minimization is perfumed via a quadratic programming algorithm.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining a plurality of revenue loss functions associated with a plurality of respective business units; receiving a plurality of waste credit constraints associated with the plurality of respective business units; calculating a recommended waste credit purchase amount and a plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts associated with the plurality of respective business units, wherein the calculating further comprises minimizing a sum of the plurality of the revenue loss functions and a purchase function, subject to the waste credit constraints, a purchase constraint, and a reduction goal constraint; and presenting the recommended waste credit purchase amount and the plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A storage medium encoded with instructions, wherein the instructions when executed comprise:
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determining a plurality of revenue loss functions associated with a plurality of respective business units; receiving a plurality of waste credit constraints associated with the plurality of respective business units; determining a purchase function; calculating a recommended waste credit purchase amount and a plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts associated with the plurality of respective business units, wherein the calculating further comprises minimizing a sum of the plurality of the revenue loss functions and the purchase function, subject to the waste credit constraints, a purchase constraint, and a reduction goal constraint; and presenting the recommended waste credit purchase amount and the plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer system comprising:
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a processor; and memory connected to the processor, wherein the memory encodes instructions that when executed by the processor comprise; determining a plurality of revenue loss functions associated with a plurality of respective business units, receiving a plurality of waste credit constraints associated with the plurality of respective business units, determining a purchase function, calculating a recommended waste credit purchase amount and a plurality of recommended waste credit reduction amounts associated with the plurality of respective business units, wherein the calculating further comprises minimizing a sum of the plurality of the revenue loss functions and the purchase function, subject to the waste credit constraints, a purchase constraint, and a reduction goal constraint, and purchasing an amount of waste credits specified by the recommended waste credit purchase amount. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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