Method for determining relative ranking data in a broker mediated geospatial information service environment
A method for determining a value indicator in a broker-mediated geospatial information service environment includes receiving feedback data at a first system of the broker-mediated geospatial information service environment. In particular, the feedback data is received from a plurality of respondents, and relates to a broker-mediated geospatial information service provided to each respondent of the plurality of respondents. Furthermore, each respondent of the plurality of respondents is a prior requestor of a process-dataset solution for performing the broker-mediated geospatial information service. Based on the feedback data, a value indicator relating to the process-dataset solution is determined.
1. A method for determining a value indicator in a broker-mediated geospatial information service environment, comprising:
for each of a plurality of process-dataset solutions, evaluating usage data for determining instances of repeat usage of a same process-dataset solution by a same requestor of a plurality of requestors;
ordering the process-dataset solutions of the plurality of process-dataset solutions according to one of a frequency of instances of repeat usage and a relative frequency of instances of repeat usage; and,
determining a value indicator for a particular process-dataset solution of the plurality of process-dataset solutions based on the ordered position of the particular process-dataset solution.
2. A method according to claim 1 comprising;
providing to a current requestor, the assigned value indicator in association with the particular process-dataset solution.
3. A method according to claim 2 wherein,
the value indicator is a qualitative measure of the value of the particular process-dataset solution.
4. A method according to claim 2 wherein,
the value indicator is a quantitative measure of the value of the particular process-dataset solution.
5. A method according to claim 2 wherein,
the value indicator is a measure of the value of the particular process-dataset solution relative to the value of other process-dataset solutions.
6. A method according to claim 2 wherein,
the value indicator is an absolute measure of the value of the particular process-dataset solution.
7. A method according to claim 2 wherein,
the plurality of requestors consists of a set of trusted requestors as defined by the current requestor.
8. A method according to claim 2 wherein,
the plurality of requestors consists of a set of requestors having demographic characteristics similar to those of the current requestor.
9. A method according to claim 1 wherein,
the value indicator relates to, in combination, a process and a dataset of the particular process-dataset solution.
10. A method according to claim 1 wherein,
the value indicator relates to one of a process and a dataset of the particular process-dataset solution.
11. A method for determining a value indicator in a broker-mediated geospatial information service environment, comprising:
evaluating usage data relating to a plurality of process-dataset solutions, to determine a frequency of repeat usage for each of the plurality of process-dataset solutions; and,
determining a value indicator for a particular process-dataset solution of the plurality of process-dataset solutions based on the determined frequency of repeat usage for the particular process-dataset solution relative to the determined frequencies of repeat usage for other process dataset solutions of the plurality of process dataset solutions.
12. A method according to claim 11 wherein,
the frequency of repeat usage relates to a fraction of the total usage of a process-dataset solution that is attributable to other than one-time users of the process-dataset solution.
13. A method for determining a value indicator in a broker-mediated geospatial information service environment, comprising:
evaluating usage data relating to a plurality of process-dataset solutions, to determine a frequency of repeat usage for each of the plurality of process-dataset solutions; and,
determining a value indicator for a particular process-dataset solution of the plurality of process-dataset solutions based on the determined frequency of repeat usage for the particular process-dataset solution relative to the determined frequency of unique usage for the particular process dataset solution.
14. A method according to claim 13 wherein,
the frequency of repeat usage relates to a fraction of the total usage of a process-dataset solution that is attributable to other than one-time users of the process-dataset solution.