IP Library Granted Patent US 8,401,950
Granted Patent B2
US 8,401,950 · App. 12/693,377 · Granted Mar 19, 2013

Optimizing portfolios of financial instruments

Inventors: Chisoo S. Lyons (San Rafael, CA); Eric C. Wells (Berkeley, CA); Lu Gao (American Canyon, CA); Bogdan E. Popescu (Hercules, CA)
Assignee: Fair Isaac Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,401,950
App. No.
12/693,377
Granted
Mar 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A decision model is applied to a set of current data from a mortgage portfolio to generate a first portfolio metric. The decision model is formed from a network of a plurality of predictive models that are trained on historical data derived from a plurality of mortgage account profiles for a plurality of mortgages within the mortgage portfolio. One or more of the predictive models is an action-based predictive model allowing modification of at least one attribute affecting performance of the mortgage portfolio. One or more of the attributes can be modified and a second portfolio metric can then be optimized, using the decision model, in light of at least one constraint (which can be user-defined). Related techniques, apparatus, systems, and articles are described.

Claims (18)

1. A method for implementation by one or more data processors, the method comprising:

first applying, by at least one data processor, a decision model to a set of current data from a mortgage portfolio to generate a first portfolio metric, the decision model being formed from a network of a plurality of predictive models, the predictive models being trained on historical data derived from a plurality of mortgage account profiles for a plurality of mortgages within the mortgage portfolio, the historical data characterizing actions taken on mortgages in the mortgage portfolio, one of the predictive models being an action-based predictive model allowing modification of at least one attribute affecting performance of the mortgage portfolio;

receiving, by the at least one data processor, data modifying at least one modifiable attribute from an action-based predictive model to form a modified attribute;

second applying, by at least one data processor, the decision model to the set of current data from the mortgage portfolio with the modified attribute to generate a second portfolio metric;

optimizing, by the at least one data processor, a selection of the at least one modifiable attribute from the action-based predictive models to maximize the second portfolio metric taking into account a constraint to the optimization to thereby form an optimized second portfolio metric; and

providing, by the at least one data processor, data characterizing the optimized second portfolio metric;

varying, by the at least one data processor, values of the at least one modifiable attribute;

evaluating a sensitivity of the decision model based on varying values of the at least one modifiable attribute;

testing an effect of varying the values of the at least one modifiable attribute; and

determining an effect on the optimized portfolio based on testing an effect of varying the values of the at least one modifiable attribute.

2. A method as in claim 1 , wherein the data modifying at least one attribute from one of the action-based predictive models is user-generated and obtained via a graphical user interface.

3. A method as in claim 1 , wherein the at least one attribute is derived from the historical data that acts as a decision key.

4. A method as in claim 1 , wherein the constraint is applied by applying, by at least one data processor, a global constraint that applies to substantially all the mortgages in the mortgage portfolio.

5. A method as in claim I, wherein the constraint is applied by applying, by the at least one data processor, a local constraint that applies to a subset of the mortgages in the mortgage portfolio.

6. A method as in claim 1 , further comprising:

assigning, by the at least one data processor, optimal actions to apply to a plurality of mortgages of the mortgage portfolio for carrying out an optimized strategy.

7. A method as in claim 1 , wherein the predictive models comprise global predictive models built on all of the mortgages in the mortgage portfolio.

8. A method as in claim 1 , wherein the predictive models comprise segmented predictive models built on a subset of mortgages in the mortgage portfolio.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 26, 2010
From: LYONS, CHISOO S.; WELLS, ERIC C.; GAO, LU; POPESCU, BOGDAN E.
To: FAIR ISAAC CORPORATION
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Continuity (1)
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