Patent Document ID: 7809746
Application ID: 11619942
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a model report in a modeling environment, said method including: receiving, at a computer, a request which includes one or more selection parameters and a presentation parameter, wherein said one or more selection parameters are used to query a model database and retrieve model data; determining, by said computer, dependency data among a plurality of simulation models in response to receiving said request; selecting a model having a model identifier from said plurality of simulation models, wherein said plurality of simulation models simulate at least one of outcomes, effectiveness, penetration, utilization, or distribution of marketing strategies based upon at least one of historic, current or probability data of said marketing strategies; analyzing, by said computer, said dependency data relating to said model; determining, by said computer, individual variables within a first subset of said plurality of simulation models impacted by said dependency data, wherein said dependency data includes bidirectional pointers in a tree of said plurality of simulation models, said plurality of simulation models represented by nodes on said tree, and said dependency data provides interdependencies among said plurality of simulation models, wherein said variables are across said plurality of simulation models, wherein said dependency data depends upon and includes records having an identifier that is based upon said model identifier and that depend at least one of directly or indirectly from said model, and wherein said dependency data includes a transfer of information exchanged between said model and at least one of said first subset of said plurality of simulation models or a second subset of said plurality of simulation models, wherein said information includes accuracy of said information, an amount of said information, a transfer rate of said information, and a processing rate of said information; analyzing, by said computer, said dependency data relating to said first subset of said plurality of simulation models; determining, by said computer, individual variables within said second subset of said plurality of simulation models impacted by said dependency data, wherein said second subset of said plurality of simulation models is dependent upon said first subset of said plurality of simulation models; propagating, by said computer and based on said dependency data and said interdependencies, a change to a first variable to a plurality of said variables among different branches across said plurality of simulation models, wherein said different branches are within at least one of said first subset of said plurality of variables or within said second subset of said plurality of variables; performing, by said computer, a use analysis of said model data, wherein said use analysis determines a date that a model was last used; performing, by said computer, a performance analysis to determine a performance of said model in relation to said first and second subsets of said plurality of simulation models; categorizing, by said computer, said model data according to said use analysis and said performance analysis to form usage data; and formatting, by said computer, said usage data to transform said usage data according to said presentation parameter to create said model usage report, wherein said usage report comprises instructions to perform at least one of modify or decommission said model.