Patent Document ID: 8170848
Application ID: 11619955
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A computer-implemented method for providing a model penetration report in a modeling environment with a plurality of simulation models, said method including: analyzing, by a computer for providing said model penetration report in said modeling environment, dependency data from said plurality of simulation models, each of said plurality of simulation models having a model identifier; determining, by said computer, first variables within a first subset of said plurality of simulation models, wherein said first subset of said plurality of simulation models is impacted by said dependency data, wherein said plurality of simulation models simulate outcomes, effectiveness, penetration, utilization, and distribution of marketing strategies based upon at least one of historic, current or probability data of said marketing strategies, and 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 a simulation model of said plurality of simulation models; analyzing, by said computer, said dependency data relating to said first subset of said plurality of simulation models; determining, by said computer, second variables within a second subset of said plurality of simulation models, wherein said second subset of said plurality of simulation models is 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, and wherein said dependency data relates to a transfer of information exchanged between at least one of said first variables or said second variables and at least one of said first subset of said plurality of simulation models and said 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, a processing rate of said information, and usage data for each of variable types; determining, by said computer and based upon said model identifier, inter-dependencies of said model identifiers across said plurality of simulation models; propagating, by said computer, and based on said model identifier and said inter-dependencies, a change to a select variable to at least one of said first subset of said plurality of simulation models or said second subset of said plurality of simulation models; reading, by said computer, a request from a client, wherein said request includes a selection parameter and a presentation parameter; reading, by said computer, model data in response to said model data corresponding to said selection parameter, wherein said selection parameter is used to query a model database and retrieve model data; performing, by said computer, an analysis of said model data, wherein said analysis determines model usage statistics; categorizing, by said computer, said model data according to said analysis and said dependency data to form penetration data; and formatting, by said computer, said penetration data according to said presentation parameter, and wherein said presentation parameter shows dependencies of said simulation model based upon said dependency data, wherein said dependencies are based upon how said simulation model utilizes said first subset of said plurality of simulation models and said second subset of said plurality of simulation models.