Lone Star’s Multi-Criteria Modeling Showcased at INFORMS

Well-meaning policies and regulations can backfire. Advanced simulation methods let policy makers try ideas before committing to them in real life.

DALLAS, TX – NOVEMBER 14, 2016

Steve Roemerman, CEO of Lone Star Analysis presented, “A Multicriteria, Multiplayer Model: The Protest Casino” at the 2016 INFORMS annual conference. Mr. Roemerman described simulation and modeling for public policy in Federal acquisitions. His co-author was Randal Allen.

The work presented at INFORMS involved modeling competitive behavior among bidders using game theory methods, econometrics, and policy analysis among other academic fields. The “Protest Casino” study was provided as a pro bono public service for federal decision makers. It modeled one aspect of competitions; protests by bidders who disagree with government actions.

“Many decisions involve several stakeholders, and disciplines,” Steve said. “Math and behavioral economic terms might sound abstract or exotic, but the issues are very real, and the results are concrete. Lone Star delivers multicriteria, multidiscipline work frequently. This is just one example of a problem crossing several academic disciplines and organizational boundaries.”

“Regulations created with the best of intentions, can have unintended consequences; sometimes the opposite of what was intended.” Roemerman said. “Competitive behavior can be very complex. Our cognitive biases make us prone to misjudge the likely actions of others.”

Lone Star has unique credentials in assessing economic competitions. The company performs competitive intelligence and uses the “11 Questions” strategic pricing evaluation, which it pioneered. Lone Star developed a specialized competition simulation tool, TruPredict™. TruPredict accurately models the behaviors and biases of all the buyers and sellers in a competition, using a number of advanced methods, including Game Theory, and Prospect Theory. TruPredict has been used on dozens of Price to Win engagements with impressive accuracy. More about Lone Star’s Competitive Differentiation line of business found at https://www.lone-star.com/solutions/competitive-differntation/

About Lone Star Analysis

Lone Star Analysis enables customers to make insightful decisions faster than their competitors.  We are a predictive guide bridging the gap between data and action.  Prescient insights support confident decisions for customers in Oil & Gas, Transportation & Logistics, Industrial Products & Services, Aerospace & Defense, and the Public Sector.

Lone Star delivers fast time to value supporting customers planning and on-going management needs.  Utilizing our TruNavigator® software platform, Lone Star brings proven modeling tools and analysis that improve customers top line, by winning more business, and improve the bottom line, by quickly enabling operational efficiency, cost reduction, and performance improvement. Our trusted AnalyticsOSSM software solutions support our customers’ real-time predictive analytics needs when continuous operational performance optimization, cost minimization, safety improvement, and risk reduction are important.

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About INFORMS

The Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS) is the largest society in the world for professionals in the field of operations research (O.R.), management science, and analytics. INFORMS serves the scientific and professional needs of Analytics Professionals and Operations Researchers including educators, scientists, students, managers, analysts, and consultants. For more about INFORMS, see https://www.informs.org/