Patent ID: 8527403
Filing Date: 2013-09-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a memory device comprising population information and a plurality of migration factors stored therein, wherein the population information comprises information about population distribution across a plurality of classifications, and wherein each of the plurality of migration factors corresponds to a particular classification of the plurality of classifications and indicates how population members of the particular classification migrate to other classifications over a particular time period; wherein the memory device further comprises at least one treatment factor stored therein, wherein the at least one treatment factor indicates how a treatment applied to the population is expected to affect migration across the classifications over the particular time period, the treatment comprising an offer of an incentive for a population member of a particular classification to migrate to another classification, wherein the at least one treatment factor comprises a treatment up-shift factor that represents a percentage of population members of a particular classification that will move to a different classification as a result of the treatment being applied to the population, and wherein the at least one treatment factor comprises a treatment fall-back factor that represents a percentage of population members of a particular classification that will move to a different classification as a result of the treatment being stopped; and the apparatus further comprising: a processor communicably coupled to the memory device and configured to: