Patent ID: 7693733

Claim:
A computer implemented analysis method for a commercial enterprise, comprising: preparing data representative of a commercial enterprise from a plurality of enterprise related systems for use in processing, creating a plurality of computational network models that connect one or more elements of value of said enterprise to one or more aspects of financial performance of said enterprise by transforming at least a portion of said data, said network models being further comprised of: a plurality of input nodes, a plurality of hidden nodes and one output node with each input node representing an element of value and the output node representing an aspect of financial performance; and a plurality of relationships between said nodes, each said relationship being directional and being characterized by a degree of influence from one input or hidden node to another; said degree of influence being dependent upon the impact of the one or more elements of value represented by said input or hidden node and its interrelationship with other elements of value; accepting one or more user specified scenarios for changes to one or more elements of value, and completing an automated analysis of the forecast impact of said scenarios on one or more aspects of financial performance using said network models and output a report that summarizes the results of said analyses.