Simulations that are produced by Simulation Tool:
Calculate the profitability of price plans by simulating consumer usage
Predict the contribution that a specific type of user or a consumption pattern makes to the forecasted revenue
Simulation Tool presents this information in the form of statistical analysis reports that are easy to read and to manipulate. These reports may also be exported via CSV files and stored locally.
In Simulation Tool, the simulation is the process that represents the point of access to simulation components. A simulation may contain several different types of components such as products and price plans.
Before running a simulation, you must follow several steps. The first step is to know the simulation environment in which you create objects such products, price plans, costs, customer profiles, pricing macros, translation tables, and tiers tables. After that, you can discover the simulation concepts if you are not familiar with statistics.
The general process of creating a simulation is the following:
Discover the simulation window: It is a workspace in which you create all the objects that are needed for a simulation. You start the simulation, stop it, and view the results in the simulation window.
Read the simulation concepts: If you are not familiar with statistics, Simulation Tool provides a description of the concepts that underlie the simulation.
Build a simulation: If you know the environment and the simulation concepts, you can build your own simulation depending on your needs.
Create a simulation: You create the workspace that contains all the simulation objects.
Set up the simulation: You first create and set up the different simulation objects, and then you set up the simulation.
Run the simulation: After the simulation and its objects are set up, you can launch the simulation.
View the results: After the simulation has been performed, you can view the calculation results in a graphical form.
Analyze the results: You compare the calculation results to the expected results of your own model.