Example methods and apparatus for associating media devices with a demographic composition of a geographic area are disclosed. Disclosed example apparatus include means for receiving a plurality of Internet Protocol addresses assigned to a media device associated with a panel member. Disclosed example apparatus also include means for resolving addresses, the means for resolving to determine a most used Internet Protocol address from the plurality of Internet Protocol addresses, determine a geographic location corresponding to the most used Internet Protocol address, in response to determining the geographic location corresponds to a location of an internet service provider, associate a geographic area with the media device, determine a demographic profile associated with the geographic are, and associate the demographic profile with the media device.

Embodiments optimize the inventory allocation of a retail item that is provided from a plurality of warehouses to a plurality of price zones, each of the warehouses adapted to allocate inventory of the retail item to at least two of the price zones via links. Embodiments generate an initial inventory allocation for each warehouse to price zone link to generate a plurality of warehouse to price zone allocations. For each of the warehouse to price zone allocations, embodiments determine a marginal profit as a function of inventory allocated. Embodiments construct a bi-partite graph corresponding to each warehouse to price zone allocation, each bi-partite graph having a link weight equal to the marginal profit. Embodiments determine when there is a positive weight path between any two price zones and then reallocate the initial inventory allocation and repeat the functionality.

A method and system that distribute driving resources are provided. The method includes: receiving driving and situation resource information of a host vehicle, comparing the received driving and situation resource information with occupant preference information to determine whether there is a deficiency of driving resources, a surplus of driving resources, or that the driving and situation resources meet the occupant preferences, offering a surplus resource to target vehicles if it is determined there is a surplus of driving resources, and making an offer for a resource corresponding to deficient resources of the host vehicle if it is determined there is a deficiency of driving resources.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for utilizing forward market pricing to facilitate operational decisions are disclosed. An example method may include interpreting a compute resource utilization requirement for a task system, and interpreting a behavioral data source, comprising entity behavioral data for an entity associated with the task system. The method may also include forecasting a forward market price for a compute resource in response to the compute resource utilization requirement and the behavioral data source, and, in response to the forward market price, adjusting an operation of the task system or executing a transaction.

Systems, methods, and apparatus for utilizing forward market pricing to facilitate operational decisions are disclosed. An example method may include interpreting a resource utilization requirement for a task system having at least one of a compute task, a network task, or a core task. The method may further include interpreting an automated agent behavioral data source to obtain behavioral data, and operating a machine to forecast a forward market value for a resource in response to the resource utilization requirement and the behavioral data. The method then includes, in response to the forecast of the forward market value for the resource, adjusting an operation of the task system or executing a transaction.

Methods for utilizing forward market pricing to facilitate operational decisions are disclosed. An example method may include interpreting a resource utilization requirement for a task system having at least one of a compute task, a network task, or a core task, and accessing an external provider to provide at least a portion of the compute task, the network task, or the core task. The method may also include interpreting a behavioral data source and operating a machine to forecast a forward market value for a resource in response to a remaining resource utilization requirement and the behavioral data source. The method may then include, in response to the forecast of the forward market value for the resource, adjusting an operation of the task system or executing a transaction.

A contextual hashtag generation method, system, and computer program product include receiving content from an online source, identifying a set of contextual indicators for the content, determining an entity-desired outcome for the content, and generating a hashtag for the content using the set of contextual indicators while maximizing the entity-desired outcome.

Embodiments of sales generation, including sales generation employing reverse lead generation using vehicle data systems and methods, are presented herein. In particular, in certain embodiments a user may utilize the vehicle data system to obtain pricing data corresponding to a desired vehicle configuration. When the user is presented with the pricing data associated with the specified vehicle configuration the user may additionally be presented with an upfront price offered by a dealer, where by providing their personal information the user may obtain the name of the dealer offering the upfront price and may additionally be offered the opportunity to purchase the desired, or similar, vehicle at the upfront price.

A network system, such as a transport management system, efficiently allocates resources by monitoring the geospatial and topological locations of a rider responsive to receiving a trip request. A trip management module matches a rider with an available driver based in part on an comparison of the estimated times of arrival of the rider and the driver at the pickup location. A client positioning module monitors the rider's progress through nodes and edges in a topological graph associated with the origin location based on radio signatures received at the rider client device. A client ETA module calculates a rider ETA based on the rider's rate of travel through the origin location represented by nodes in the topological graph. Responsive to determining that the rider ETA and the driver ETA vary by over a threshold amount of time, the trip management module matches the rider with a second available driver.

An association method executed by a computer, the association method including obtaining a plurality of images captured by a plurality of cameras, acquiring at least one identifier of at least one radio terminal that is located near one of the plurality of cameras when at least one of the plurality of cameras captures one of the plurality of images, obtaining attributes corresponding to one or more person included in a group of images based on an analysis regarding the group of images, the group of images being included in the plurality of images and corresponding to a first identifier included in the at least one identifier, determining an attribute corresponding to the first identifier based on a result of the obtaining the attributes, and storing, into a storage device, the determined attribute in association with the first identifier.