{
  "brand": "PulseLake",
  "canonical": "https://www.pulselake.co/solutions/world-simulation",
  "intent": "world-simulation",
  "title": "World simulation software for multi-stakeholder scenarios",
  "summary": "Explore how a defined set of actors may respond to a change across several rounds. Use world simulation to compare plausible scenario paths and identify assumptions to monitor; it does not forecast what will happen.",
  "problem": "A decision can depend on how stakeholders respond to one another over time. A static list of independent opinions can miss interaction, feedback and changing positions.",
  "capabilities": [
    "Multi-actor scenarios with bounded rounds",
    "World types include public reaction, stakeholder interaction, market scenario, policy scenario and custom world",
    "Simulated Twitter or Reddit environments can represent interactions"
  ],
  "criteria": [
    "Which change or decision is being explored?",
    "Which actors, goals, source material and starting positions should be represented?",
    "What real-world signals would show that a scenario assumption is becoming more or less plausible?"
  ],
  "inputs": [
    "A specific change, decision and starting conditions",
    "Relevant evidence, actor roles and interests",
    "A small set of assumptions and real-world indicators to monitor"
  ],
  "steps": [
    "Define the scenario, decision question, actors and source material.",
    "Choose the world type and set the rounds and interaction rules.",
    "Compare the resulting paths, record assumptions and identify real signals to monitor before acting."
  ],
  "verification": [
    "Check every actor role, goal, starting condition and source against the brief.",
    "Treat each trajectory as one simulated path under stated assumptions, not a forecast.",
    "Compare useful hypotheses with real evidence as events unfold."
  ],
  "proof": "Explore the world-simulation sample report, including its round-by-round output and limitations. It is a sample run, not a measured market outcome.",
  "economics": "The current World Simulation options allow up to 20 rounds. This is a tool limit, not a free allowance or a promise of account entitlement. Confirm access and any study charges before running a scenario.",
  "switching": "A simulation explores a path implied by its setup. It does not replace market monitoring, interviews, surveys, operational data or contingency planning.",
  "limits": "Actors and trajectories are simulated. A plausible path is not a probability, statistical finding, forecast or observed stakeholder response. Results depend on the assumptions and source material supplied.",
  "faq": [
    {
      "q": "Does a world simulation predict what will happen?",
      "a": "No. It produces plausible paths under specified assumptions. Compare its hypotheses with real signals and evidence."
    },
    {
      "q": "How is this different from a synthetic persona panel?",
      "a": "A persona panel explores responses from defined personas. A world simulation models actors interacting over rounds so positions and events can evolve."
    },
    {
      "q": "How many rounds can a scenario use?",
      "a": "The current options permit up to 20 rounds. That limit does not mean a study is free or included in every account."
    }
  ],
  "disclosure": "We make PulseLake. If a method or limit has changed, contact hello@pulselake.co so we can correct this page.",
  "sources": [
    "https://www.pulselake.co/answers/how-to-understand-market-needs-before-fieldwork",
    "https://www.pulselake.co/terms"
  ],
  "nextStep": {
    "label": "Get started with PulseLake",
    "url": "https://www.pulselake.co/get-started"
  },
  "freePlanning": {
    "headline": "Start with a clear research plan",
    "benefit": "Download a free planning checklist, then get started with PulseLake when you are ready. The checklist does not include a free study.",
    "label": "Get started with PulseLake",
    "note": "The checklist is free and needs no account. Study software, participant costs and any agreed services are separate.",
    "signupUrl": "https://www.pulselake.co/get-started?intent=world-simulation&offer_id=starter-checklist-v1&utm_source=pulselake&utm_medium=owned&utm_campaign=signup-journey&utm_content=landing_hero",
    "checklistUrl": "/solutions/world-simulation.txt"
  }
}