27-09-2012 дата публикации
Номер: US20120245977A1
Systems, methods and computer program products are provided for modeling future benefits. According to the method, modeling future benefits begins by defining a growth rate for the good for each time segment of a period of time, where the period of time includes a plurality of time segments. An uncertainty for the good is then determined for each time segment. Next, a benefit distribution is determined for each time segment based upon the growth rate and uncertainty for the respective time segment. Finally, a benefit value is selected for each time segment by randomly selecting each benefit value based upon a respective benefit distribution to thereby model future benefits over the period of time. 1. A method of modeling bounds of uncertainty of future benefits comprising:determining a mean value and standard deviation associated with the benefit for each time segment, wherein the mean value is determined based upon a growth rate associated with the benefit for the respective time segment, and wherein the standard deviation is determined based upon an uncertainty for the good for the respective time segment; andmodeling an upper and lower bound of uncertainty based upon the mean value and standard deviation for each time segment to thereby model the bounds of uncertainty.2. A method according to further comprising defining a growth rate for the good for each time segment before determining the mean value.3. A method according to claim 2 , wherein defining a growth rate for each time segment comprises defining a growth rate for each time segment such that the growth rate for at least one time segment differs from the growth rate of at least one other time segment.4. A method according to claim 2 , wherein defining a growth for each time segment comprises defining a growth rate for each time segment independent of an uncertainty for the respective time segment claim 2 , and wherein the method further comprises determining an uncertainty for each time segment ...
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