Patent ID: 8600709
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: G06Q

Abstract:
1. A system comprising: a multidimensional data processing system to store in a data storage meta data identifying a plurality of variables, a plurality of dimensions for each variable describing attributes of the variable, and a plurality of levels in each dimension and a hierarchy of the dimensions and levels for each variable, and the multidimensional data processing system is to use the meta data to perform multidimensional queries to retrieve data for one or more of the plurality of variables from the data storage; a variable determination module to determine a subset of variables of the plurality of variables to be used to generate a model, wherein the multidimensional data processing system is to receive an indication of each of the variables from the variable determination module, identify the meta data for the variables, and retrieve information for at least one of the plurality of dimensions and at least one of the plurality of attributes for each of the variables from the data storage using the meta data; an assumption determination module to determine assumption rules associated with at least one of the variables; a model generator, executed by a computer system, to receive the information from the multidimensional data processing system and generate a model using the information and the assumption rules; and a model evaluation module to: wherein the model generator is to generate an additional model based on a modification to at least one variable in response to a determination that a number of retained variables is less than a retained variable threshold and the satisfied assumption rule, and wherein each of the models generated by the model generator is evaluated as a candidate model based on historic data to select a final model for forecasting.