Patent ID: 7725282

Claim:
A computer readable medium having a computer program which is executable by a computer, comprising: a program code arrangement having program code by performing the following: providing a pattern forecast for an object from a number of objects which are associated with one another by providing the pattern forecast based on a consumption series of the associated objects, and normalizing preselected seasonal coefficients from the consumption series; wherein at least one pattern is selected for each object for which the pattern forecast is provided, wherein a suitability of the at least one pattern is determined by ascertaining a deviation from a specification, wherein the at least one pattern is taken into account from a consumption series of the object for which the pattern forecast is provided, and wherein the at least one pattern is aggregated from the at least one consumption series of a group of associated objects, wherein the at least one pattern is selected by taking into account expert knowledge, wherein a procedure for a basic value calculation for the pattern forecast is selected, and wherein the selected pattern and the selected procedure are combined for the basic value calculation.