shape_sim

Generate the shape of demand for new products by specifying their life cycle
shape and the length of their life cycle

Simulate demand and attributes for ready to launch new products
during their life cycle, or during their introduction and growth phases.
You provide the number of products, attributes, time periods and/or other parameters
and 'npdsim' can simulate for you the demand for each product during the considered
time periods, and the attributes of each product. The simulation for the demand
is based on the idea that each product has a shape and a level, where the level
is the cumulative demand over the considered time periods, and the shape is
the normalized demand across those time periods.

Mohammed Hichame BENBITOUR

npdsim

Simulate Demand and Attributes for New Products

shape_sim function

<dl><dt>periods_number</dt>
<dd>Number of time periods of the products life cycle</dd>
<dt>shape_number</dt>
<dd>Number of generic shapes</dd>
<dt>shape_type</dt>
<dd>Type of shape to generate. It can take the values: "triangle",
"trapezoid", "bass", "random" and "intro &amp; growth".
 The type "random" picks one of the types "triangle",
"trapezoid", "bass" randomly for each product.
The type "intro &amp; growth" is used for the shapes of the introduction
and growth phases.</dd></dl>

Arguments

Generate the shape of demand — shape_sim

<dl>

<dt>periods_number</dt>
<dd>Number of time periods of the products life cycle</dd>


<dt>shape_number</dt>
<dd>Number of generic shapes</dd>


<dt>shape_type</dt>
<dd>Type of shape to generate. It can take the values: "triangle",
"trapezoid", "bass", "random" and "intro &amp; growth".
 The type "random" picks one of the types "triangle",
"trapezoid", "bass" randomly for each product.
The type "intro &amp; growth" is used for the shapes of the introduction
and growth phases.</dd>

</dl>

shape_sim: Generate the shape of demand

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