Method and apparatus for collaborative selection of proposals

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8489443
APP PUB NO 20090240772A1
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12051783

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A method and apparatus for selecting a subset of proposals from a set of proposals submitted via a web site, including defining proposal attributes for the selecting, formulating selection requirements for the subset, establishing metrics for comparing proposals according to the proposal attributes and the selection requirements, evaluating each of the set of proposals according the established metrics, distributing the results of evaluating each of the set of proposals to the submitter of each proposal, formulating an optimization problem for determining the subset of proposals, determining the subset of proposals by solving the optimization problem, and accepting feedback about the determining including changing the optimization problem based on the feedback.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Megiddo, Nimrod Palo Alto, US 83 2718

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