An energy trading method according to the present disclosure is an energy trading method to be performed by an information processing apparatus. The information processing apparatus acquires first information including planned values of a hydrogen purchase amount and a hydrogen purchase unit price from a first energy management system that manages an energy resource in a managed area. The information processing apparatus acquires second information including planned values of a hydrogen sale amount and a hydrogen sale unit price from a second energy management system that manages a hydrogen production facility. The information processing apparatus determines a supply amount and a unit price of hydrogen to be supplied from the hydrogen production facility to the energy resource based on the first information and the second information.

A voucher marketplace system comprising a control server, a platform database, and a plurality of user devices operated by users corresponding to buyer accounts and seller accounts. The voucher marketplace system allows digital vouchers to be created by the seller accounts and purchased by the buyer accounts at a virtual price. Each digital voucher can redeemed by the owning buyer account to trigger execution of a commercial transaction via an e-commerce platform, or be sold to another buyer account. Each digital voucher may have claim parameters which modify the virtual price and define effective execution periods during which the digital voucher is redeemable, whereby the virtual price is reduced by a lead period discount when sold prior to the effective execution period, The voucher marketplace system further presents pricing data reports which compare the virtual price of the digital vouchers against a market price corresponding to completed voucher sale transactions.

The system determines even-spaced quantiles for network optimization. The system may utilize authorization level to expected network conversion. The system may be used in connection with yield management systems, inventory control systems, or revenue management systems.

Systems and methods for a collaborative offer portal is provided. A proposed offer is received from a manufacturer, including an offer structure and a number of consumers they wish to target. Transaction logs of a retailer are accessed to determine an audience for the offer by calculating a return on investment (ROI) for the customer base using the retailer's records given the offer type. The consumers are then grouped by their ROI distribution, and the ROI for the deal is calculated based upon the offer size in light of this distribution. From the offer ROI a discount percentage to be paid by the retailer versus the merchant can be created. The retailer may then choose to accept the offer for deployment.

A computer-implemented method for anonymizing online transaction details may include performing a process to generate an identifier (ID) and reference address for a user, and receiving a request for transaction processing from an e-commerce server. The request may include first data including: information associated with a purchase of a product to be delivered to the user; the identifier; and the reference address. The method may further include: in response to the request, determining whether the ID and reference address are included in the request, and if so, obtaining the accurate address and shipping rate rules; applying, based on the first data and the accurate address, the shipping rate rules to determine accurate shipping rate cost information associated with delivering the product to the accurate address; performing an anonymizing process on the accurate information to obtain anonymous shipping rate information, and transmitting the anonymous shipping rate information to the e-commerce server.

Methods and systems for evaluating economic viability of a proposed microgrid, including uncertain variables are disclosed. One or more candidate distributed energy resources can be selected for use within a proposed microgrid. An investment cost and an operation cost of the one or more candidate distributed energy resources can be determined. A cost of drawing power from a main power grid can be compared to a sum of the investment cost and the operation cost of the one or more candidate distributed energy resources. The proposed microgrid can be identified for installation when the sum of the investment cost and the operation cost is less than the cost of drawing power from the main power grid.

Systems and methods are described for managing a supply of building blocks for one or more products. An example method includes: obtaining demand data for each building block from a plurality of building blocks; obtaining substitution data for the plurality of building blocks; providing the demand data and the substitution data as input to a predictive model; receiving as output from the predictive model a predicted optimal production quantity for each building block; and facilitating a production of the plurality of building blocks according to the predicted optimal production quantities.

A system for generating scenario objects is described. The system generates, according to one or more scenario expressions executed by the one or more processors, a scenario object comprising an adjustment to a current market data object. In generating the scenario object, the system requests historical market data from a data repository, receives one or more time series conditions, manipulates one or more characteristics of the historical market data based on the one or more time series conditions, and generates, based on the manipulated historical market data, the scenario object. The system applies the scenario object to the current market data object to calculate an adjusted market data object.

Methods, non-transitory machine readable media, and network stack analysis devices that generate optimized preferred provider organization (PPO) network stacks are disclosed. With this technology, electronic transactions are applied to each of a first plurality of network stacks to determine a cost reduction value for each of the first network stacks. Each of the first network stacks includes an ordered subset of networks. The first network stacks are resampled based on the determined cost reduction values. A determination is made when one or more convergence criteria are met by the resampled first network stacks. When the determination indicates that the convergence criteria are not met by the resampled first network stacks, one or more of the first network stacks are modified based on genetic crossover or mutation operation(s) to generate a second plurality of network stacks. The application, resampling, and determination are then repeated for the second network stacks.

A cost assessment tool, method and system are disclosed. The cost assessment tool can parse a three-dimensional model to derive properties of a garment. The cost assessment tool can use the properties of the garment to assess the garment cost. The cost assessment tool can generate a user interface comprising the garment cost. In one example, the cost assessment tool can also use data related to garment production. In another example, the cost assessment tool can determine a fabric cost by using a representative size of a garment to determine a required fabric amount for a size range.