Scenario analysis methods, scenario analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and data signals

• Main Authors: WHITNEY PAUL, KUCHAR OLGA A, WOLF KATHERINE E, POWERS MARY, CHIN GEORGE JR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.12.2006
• Subjects: CALCULATING; CHECKING-DEVICES; COMPUTER SYSTEMS BASED ON SPECIFIC COMPUTATIONAL MODELS; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; REGISTERING THE RECEIPT OF CASH, VALUABLES, OR TOKENS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

Scenario analysis methods, scenario analysis devices, articles of manufacture, and data signals are described according to some aspects. In one aspect, a scenario analysis method includes accessing a representation of a first scenario, accessing a plurality of representations of a plurality of second scenarios, analyzing the representation of the first scenario with respect to the representations of the second scenarios, determining a plurality of relationships of the representation of the first scenario with respect to respective ones of the representations of the second scenarios responsive to the analyzing, and ranking the relationships.