Method and system for management of a wait list for reserved purchases

摘要

The present invention provides a system and method for predicting the likelihood of materialization of pending wait-listed reservations for the purchase of perishable commodities. Details pertaining to perishable commodities for which reservations for purchase have been made in the past, are gathered and analyzed as are details pertaining to reservation requests stored in a wait list. Based upon the analysis, the likelihood that a particular pending reservation will actually be purchased or "materialize" if it is taken off the wait-list and actually reserved is determined and this information is utilized for yield management.