FactorPrism®
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How FactorPrism® Works

The breakthrough AI that finds the simplest truth hidden in complex data.

Why Traditional Analytics Fails

When your metrics change, there are always multiple possible explanations. The hard part isn't finding correlations—it's figuring out which factors are actually responsible.

Overlapping Effects

Every data point belongs to multiple groups simultaneously. A sale in "East Region" is also part of "All Regions," making it impossible to cleanly separate causes.

Double-Counting

Your product is part of the market. If you drove growth, traditional methods count it twice—once as "market" and once as "your product."

Example: South Jewelry Sales Doubled

When sales of Jewelry in the South region double, it could be explained by any of these factors:

Overall market growth? Would affect ALL products in ALL regions
South region surge? Would affect Electronics in South too
Jewelry category boom? Would affect Jewelry in West too
Specific South-Jewelry factor? Unique to this segment only

The challenge: South-Jewelry belongs to all of these groups simultaneously. Traditional analytics can't disentangle which factor is actually responsible.

AI-Powered Decomposition

FactorPrism® Separates the Signal from the Noise

FactorPrism® uses advanced AI techniques drawn from signal processing and compressed sensing to solve this problem. Our proprietary algorithms automatically find the simplest set of factors that best explains your data—separating overlapping effects and eliminating double-counting.

The result: you get a clean decomposition where every driver is counted exactly once, the total adds up correctly, and the explanation is as simple as the data allows. No manual analysis, no spreadsheet gymnastics, no guesswork.

Built on Proven Mathematics

Compressed sensing is a breakthrough mathematical technique that revolutionized fields like medical imaging and digital photography. It's what allows MRI machines to create detailed scans in a fraction of the time, and how your smartphone can take sharp photos in low light.

The core insight: when you're looking for the truth hidden in complex, noisy data, the simplest explanation that fits is usually correct. This is Occam's Razor, implemented mathematically.

FactorPrism® applies these same principles to business analytics. Instead of reconstructing images from sensor data, we're reconstructing the story of what drove your metrics to change. The math finds the simplest true explanation either way.

Where This Science is Used

Medical Imaging MRI scans in a fraction of the time
Digital Photography Sharp photos in low light conditions
Business Analytics Finding true drivers in complex data

Why This Matters

This approach solves problems that traditional analytics fundamentally cannot.

Correct Attribution

Credit goes to the right level of the hierarchy

No Double-Counting

Overlapping factors are properly disentangled

Automatic Simplicity

Prefers fewer, more powerful explanations

Scales to Complexity

Works with thousands of factors

See It In Action

Case Study

The Region Hiding Behind the Baseline

A retail company saw revenue grow 12% year-over-year. The question: was this a company-wide trend, or did specific regions drive it? Traditional analysis and FactorPrism® gave very different answers.

Traditional Analysis (Wrong Level)
  • South (35% of revenue): +4.2%
  • West (30% of revenue): +3.6%
  • Northeast (35% of revenue): +4.2%
  • Problem: Allocates all 12% at the regional level
FactorPrism® (Right Levels)
  • Segment-wide baseline: +6.0%
  • South outperformance: +5.0%
  • West outperformance: +4.0%
  • Northeast underperformance: -3.0%
The Right Hierarchy Half the growth was company-wide (not regional). Northeast was hiding a -3% drag behind that baseline lift.

The Bottom Line

FactorPrism® doesn't just correlate—it decomposes. By finding the smallest set of non-overlapping factors that explain your data, we reveal the true drivers that traditional analytics systematically miss or misattribute.

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