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MSNBC did a story about an interactive data visualization we built for America’s Voice  and Latino Decisions for the upcoming presidential election. The voter visualization simulates Latino turnout and choice in the 2012 Presidential election. You click on individual states to zoom-in on specific state data and move sliders to experiment with scenarios around Latino voter [...]

A recent article in Harvard Business Publishing’s newsletter explains how university faculty are using simulations in their classrooms. Michael Roberto, a Professor at Bryant University and one of the faculty who developed the model behind the Everest Leadership and Teamwork Simulation, discusses why he uses simulations in his class: “I believe strongly in active learning- [...]

Forio has released a major update to one of our most popular simulations, Marketing: Managing Segments and Customers.   Developed with Harvard Business School Publishing, this online simulation teaches students how to allocate marketing resources to increase market share and firm profitability. In this single-player simulation, students define and execute a business-to-business marketing strategy. Customers [...]

At Forio we occassionally look at new modeling languages that could become part of the Simulate platform. We currently support models produced by AnyLogic, Vensim, Excel, iThink/STELLA, and Powersim Studio. We’ve recently been interested in adding a mathematical programming language like R or Matlab. In January 2012 we discovered Julia, a mathematical programming language that’s [...]

Forio with Harvard Business School Publishing has released Version 2 of the Back Bay Battery Innovation Simulation based on the research of Harvard professor Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. In this online simulation, you play the role of the CEO of Back Bay Battery. Your task is to manage a portfolio of R&D investments for [...]