The PIONEER forecaster predicts future serviceability and costs based on user-configured scenarios of time horizon, interventions, included assets and a range of other parameters.
Forecast Setups
Forecasting in PIONEER is controlled by means of user-configurable forecast definitions. By accommodating a range of user-specified parameters to shape their scope and application, forecast definitions can be as general or as specific as required, with the potential to cover a broad range of scenarios over time periods and intervals of any length.
A simple but powerful interface streamlines the creation of forecast definitions by dynamically generating on-screen content based on user input, meaning that only the relevant information is presented.
The parameters available to users include:
Assets to be the subject of the forecast
Start/end dates and timesteps/intervals (e.g. 10-year forecast at monthly timesteps)
Optional interventions to apply to the included assets
Sensitivity analysis
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Serviceability Forecast Setup
OPTIMISATION
PIONEER includes a powerful optimiser which automatically determines the optimal set of interventions required to ensure that serviceability targets are met at minimum discounted cost, whilst meeting resource constraints.
Optimisation Setups
User-configurable Optimisation Setups allow for flexible definitions of optimisation scenarios. Users have complete control over the range of assets to optimise, the time period and intervals to consider, serviceability targets to include and cost and resource constraints, as well as many more parameters.
The setup parameters available to users include:
The time period / intervals over which to optimise (e.g. 10-year forecast at monthly timesteps)
Flexible asset selections – (e.g. all assets of a given type above a given capacity within a given region)
Serviceability targets – (e.g. to meet user-specified levels of leakage and unplanned interruptions)
Resource constraints
Categorised cost limits
Models of customers' willingness to pay
Optimisation Setup
RESULTS
Successful forecasts and optimisations produce results sets with a flexible, built-in system for analysis and reporting. Results can be displayed as tabular data or as one of a number of graph types, with style options such as 3D view and stacked columns.
Complete Control Over Analysis and Reporting
A selection of the options available to users for results analysis and reporting include:
Precise selection of result data
Aggregate values prior to reporting (e.g. sum all DMA serviceability forecasts at the regional level)
Sub-sets of results based on date ranges
Sub-sets of results based on asset type
Compare multiple results sets in the same report
Display costs, target values and serviceability indicators
Export tabular results to Excel and save graphs/charts as image files for inclusion in external reports and presentations
