MODELING ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN MULTIPLE PRODUCTS
Methods, systems, and computer-readable storage media for providing computer-executable association rules between a plurality of physical objects, implementations including receiving historical data associated with each physical object in the plurality of physical objects over a defined time period, for each physical object, processing at least a portion of the historical data to determine one or more of a mean, a median, and a mode, determining an association between at least two physical objects of the plurality of physical objects based one or more of the mean, the median, and the mode of the respective at least two physical objects, providing at least one computer-executable association rule based on the association, and transmitting the at least one computer-executable association rule to a system, the system processing the at least one computer-executable association rule to perform at least one function of the system.
1 . A computer-implemented method for providing computer-executable association rules between a plurality of physical objects, the method being executed by one or more processors and comprising:
receiving, by the one or more processors, historical data associated with each physical object in the plurality of physical objects over a defined time period;
for each physical object, processing, by the one or more processors, at least a portion of the historical data to determine one or more of a mean, a median, and a mode, respectively as:
Mean
=
a
+
1
-
1
β
γ
1
β
Median
=
a
+
(
ln
(
2
-
γ
)
)
1
β
Mode
=
a
+
(
1
+
1
β
)
-
1
β
γ
1
β
where α is a first quantity of a respective physical object within the time period, γ is scale parameter, and β is a shape parameter;
determining, by the one or more processors, an association between at least two physical objects of the plurality of physical objects based one or more of the mean, the median, and the mode of the respective at least two physical objects;
providing, by the one or more processors, at least one computer-executable association rule based on the association; and
transmitting, by the one or more processors, the at least one computer-executable association rule to a system, the system processing the at least one computer-executable association rule to perform at least one function of the system.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one computer-executable association rule comprises identifiers of the respective at least two physical objects.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the time period comprises a quarter of a year.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the system comprises an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one function comprises determining a second quantity of a first physical object of the at least two physical objects based on a third quantity of a second physical object of the at least two physical objects.
6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein γ is determined as:
γ
=
β
β
+
1
(
w
-
a
)
where w is a second quantity of the respective physical object.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein β is selected from a plurality of previously determined values.
8 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium coupled to one or more processors and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations for providing computer-executable association rules between a plurality of physical objects, the operations comprising:
receiving historical data associated with each physical object in the plurality of physical objects over a defined time period;
for each physical object, processing at least a portion of the historical data to determine one or more of a mean, a median, and a mode, respectively as:
Mean
=
a
+
1
-
1
β
γ
1
β
Median
=
a
+
(
ln
(
2
-
γ
)
)
1
β
Mode
=
a
+
(
1
+
1
β
)
-
1
β
γ
1
β
where α is a first quantity of a respective physical object within the time period, γ is scale parameter, and β is a shape parameter;
determining an association between at least two physical objects of the plurality of physical objects based one or more of the mean, the median, and the mode of the respective at least two physical objects;
providing at least one computer-executable association rule based on the association; and
transmitting the at least one computer-executable association rule to a system, the system processing the at least one computer-executable association rule to perform at least one function of the system.
9 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computer-executable association rule comprises identifiers of the respective at least two physical objects.
10 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the time period comprises a quarter of a year.
11 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the system comprises an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
12 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 11 , wherein the at least one function comprises determining a second quantity of a first physical object of the at least two physical objects based on a third quantity of a second physical object of the at least two physical objects.
13 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein γ is determined as:
γ
=
β
β
+
1
(
w
-
a
)
where w is a second quantity of the respective physical object.
14 . The computer-readable storage medium of claim 8 , wherein β is selected from a plurality of previously determined values.
15 . A system, comprising:
a computing device; and
a computer-readable storage device coupled to the computing device and having instructions stored thereon which, when executed by the computing device, cause the computing device to perform operations for providing computer-executable association rules between a plurality of physical objects, the operations comprising:
receiving historical data associated with each physical object in the plurality of physical objects over a defined time period;
for each physical object, processing at least a portion of the historical data to determine one or more of a mean, a median, and a mode, respectively as:
Mean
=
a
+
1
-
1
β
γ
1
β
Median
=
a
+
(
ln
(
2
-
γ
)
)
1
β
Mode
=
a
+
(
1
+
1
β
)
-
1
β
γ
1
β
where α is a first quantity of a respective physical object within the time period, γ is scale parameter, and β is a shape parameter;
determining an association between at least two physical objects of the plurality of physical objects based one or more of the mean, the median, and the mode of the respective at least two physical objects;
providing at least one computer-executable association rule based on the association; and
transmitting the at least one computer-executable association rule to a system, the system processing the at least one computer-executable association rule to perform at least one function of the system.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the at least one computer-executable association rule comprises identifiers of the respective at least two physical objects.
17 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the time period comprises a quarter of a year.
18 . The system of claim 15 , wherein the system comprises an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system.
19 . The system of claim 18 , wherein the at least one function comprises determining a second quantity of a first physical object of the at least two physical objects based on a third quantity of a second physical object of the at least two physical objects.
20 . The system of claim 15 , wherein γ is determined as:
γ
=
β
β
+
1
(
w
-
a
)
where w is a second quantity of the respective physical object.