Patent Document ID: 20100114554
Application ID: 12265281
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A predictive modeling system comprising: at least one electronic data store configured to store a set of data, simulation models that estimate performance of policies for managing sets of data, and results of a determination related to estimated performance of the policies computed using the simulation models; and at least one processor configured to perform operations comprising: accessing, from the at least one electronic data store, the set of data; identifying a pattern representative of the set of data; accessing first operating variables that correspond to a first policy for managing the set of data; determining a first simulation model that estimates performance of the first policy for managing the set of data based on the identified pattern representative of the set of data and the accessed first operating variables; optimizing the first simulation model to estimate optimum operating variables for executing the first policy for managing the set of data; computing, using the optimized first simulation model, first prediction data that estimates performance of the first policy for managing the set of data; accessing second operating variables that correspond to a second policy for managing the set of data; determining a second simulation model that estimates performance of the second policy for managing the set of data based on the identified pattern representative of the set of data and the accessed second operating variables; optimizing the second simulation model to estimate optimum operating variables for executing the second policy for managing the set of data; computing, using the optimized second simulation model, second prediction data that estimates performance of the second policy for managing the set of data; comparing the first prediction data with the second prediction data; based on the comparison of the first prediction data with the second prediction data, determining whether the estimated performance of the first policy for managing the set of data is better than the estimated performance of the second policy for managing the set of data; and storing, in the at least one electronic data store, results of the determination of whether the estimated performance of the first policy for managing the set of data is better than the estimated performance of the second policy for managing the set of data.