Ask Dubai's Population

Test public message framing, survey quality, search journeys, product A/B tests, and many more on a synthetic population in minutes.

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Digital Dubai

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How every persona is built. Census tables, microdata or other input sources are the building blocks for a synthetic population, and every persona is drawn from it.

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Input data provides the foundation

Input data usually describes people in single traits: by age, by income, by digital confidence. Each count is right on its own, but they don't describe how the pieces add up to a real person.

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Data pieces fit together into a coherent population

Using our internal models, the separate traits are fit together into a single consistent population. The richer the data, the more accurate and nuanced the population will be.

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Personas emerge one by one

People are drawn from that population one at a time based on how likely they are to appear in the population. Each becomes a complete persona with a name, age, income, digital confidence, etc...

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1 population, N simulations. Test public message framing, survey quality, search journeys, product A/B tests, and more on the same synthetic residents.

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Message Framing Simulation

Compare framings of a public message and measure which one is likely to be most effective.

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Survey Simulation

Pre-test every survey question on a simulated sample, and fix biased ones before the real survey goes out.

Search Journey Simulation

See whether residents reach government services through an AI search assistant, like ChatGPT, and identify friction points.

Policy Impact Simulation

Pilot a cash-transfer policy on a population and see how work, spending, savings, and sentiment respond before it launches.

And more...

With a population in place, many other use cases can be simulated.

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Create a population from the available data

Pick the number of personas and filter by sex, nationality, age and others. Every population mirrors its input data at any size and is saved for later runs.

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Setup the conditions of the simulation

For example, the survey simulation requires personas to answer a series of questions, each on its own answer scale. One draft becomes a full field study in a couple of minutes.

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Get custom reports for each simulation

Every run lands on a custom dashboard built for its simulation conditions. The population driving the results stays one tab away.

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