Patent ID: 8099319
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A method performed by execution of computer-readable program code by at least one processor of at least one computer system, the method comprising: determining, using at least one of the processors, a relationship between nonrecurring costs and potential learning curve values, including establishing a plurality of nonrecurring costs values associated with different learning curve values, and fitting a curve to define the relationship between nonrecurring costs values and potential learning curve values; selecting, using at least one of the processors, an uncertainty value from a risk probability distribution associated with nonrecurring costs; and generating, using at least one of the processors, a model of nonrecurring costs to produce a good based upon the relationship between nonrecurring costs and potential learning curve values, and the uncertainty value, wherein selecting an uncertainty value comprises repeatedly selecting different uncertainty values, and wherein generating a model of nonrecurring costs comprises generating a model nonrecurring costs for each selected uncertainty value.