| 摘要 |
A method for pricing a product or a combination of products for sale by one or more vendors to a customer, the method comprising the steps of: obtaining a time and/or date range from a customer, the time and/or date range representing the customer's desired time and/or date range for availability of the product or combination of products; calculating the expected excess products available during the time and/or date range; obtaining one or more flexibility parameter values from a customer, the flexibility value(s) representing the flexibility of the customer in relation to the product or combination of products; storing the flexibility parameter(s) values in computer memory; obtaining maximum values from the vendor for each of the parameter values; storing the maximum value(s) in computer memory; calculating a scaling value as a function of at least the expected excess products and one of the maximum values; calculating a price for the product based on at least one of the flexibility parameter value, the maximum value(s) corresponding to those flexibility parameter value(s) and the scaling value.
|
