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System for estimating product distribution

  • US 5,781,893 A
  • Filed: 04/24/1995
  • Issued: 07/14/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/05/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for estimating distribution of a product at a plurality of distribution sites comprising:

  • means for receiving distribution information from selected ones of the plurality of the distribution sites; and

    an information processing unit including a plurality of processors and a network for exchanging information among the plurality of processors,wherein at least one of the plurality of processors forms first signals each characterizing one the plurality of distribution sites and second signals each corresponding to a distance between a pair of the distribution sites, andwherein said plurality of processors combines the distribution information, the distance corresponding signals, the characterizing signals and the information from the information exchange network to form a signal representing an estimate of the product distribution of the plurality of distribution locations.

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