Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Methods and apparatus to determine weights for panelists in large scale problems
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Application No.: US14865639Application Date: 2015-09-25
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Publication No.: US10339543B2Publication Date: 2019-07-02
- Inventor: Michael Sheppard , Jonathan Sullivan , Peter Lipa , Alejandro Terrazas , Matt Reid , Paul Donato
- Applicant: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Applicant Address: US NY New York
- Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee: The Nielsen Company (US), LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US NY New York
- Agency: Hanley, Flight & Zimmerman, LLC
- Main IPC: G06Q30/02
- IPC: G06Q30/02 ; G06Q10/00

Abstract:
Methods and apparatus to solve for a minimum variance solution for a constrained weight problem in a scalable and memory efficient manner are disclosed. An example method of reducing memory usage of a computing device disclosed herein comprises storing a constraint matrix and a population matrix into a memory, the population matrix representing a population related to data of the constraint matrix, determining, via a processor, a linear system based on a set of constraints including the constraint matrix and the population matrix, determining, via a processor, an inverse of a matrix of the linear system, the determination of the inverse including breaking down the matrix into blocks, the dimensions of the blocks being no larger than dimensions of the constraint matrix, and outputting a set of weights based on the inverse of the linear system, the set of weights satisfying the set of constraints.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170091656A1 METHODS AND APPARATUS TO DETERMINE WEIGHTS FOR PANELISTS IN LARGE SCALE PROBLEMS Public/Granted day:2017-03-30
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