COLLABORATIVE TRIAL DESIGN PLATFORM

1 . A method comprising:

displaying an interface structured to evaluate design data by a group of users;

identifying user parameters for each user in the group;

configuring the interface for each user in the group based at least in part on the user parameters;

receiving, via the interface, user input data from one or more users in the group; and

scoring designs based on the user input and user parameters.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein one or more users in the group are located in different locations.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the different locations differ by at least one of:

a building;

a city;

a zip code;

at least one of a state or province;

a country; or

a continent.

4 . The method of claim 2 , further comprising:

receiving additional user input from the one or more users in the group view the interface; and

re-scoring the designs in real-time based at least in part on the additional user input.

5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the designs include at least one of:

sibling designs; or

twin designs.

6 . The method of claim 1 , wherein scoring the designs includes weighting one or more scores based on the user parameters.

7 . The method of claim 6 , wherein the user parameters include at least one of:

a subject matter ranking,

an organizational position ranking, or

a job description.

8 . The method of claim 6 further comprising:

configuring distinct instances of the interface to distinct users of the group based at least in part on the user parameters.

9 . The method of claim 8 , wherein at least two of the distinct instances are different for at least two distinct users of the group.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the at least two of the distinct instances differ by one or more hidden elements.

11 . The method of claim 1 further comprising:

presenting, via the interface, the designs to each of the users in the group; and

voting, via the interface, by each of the users in the group on the designs.

12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

evaluating historical design selections to identify one or more design parameters based at least in part on one or more design criteria determined from at least one of the group of users via the interface;

obtaining initial design simulations results data based at least in part on a quick search data structure and the one or more design parameters;

generating a substitute for at least some of the initial design simulations results data based at least in part on a relationship between the initial design simulations results data and supplemental data;

generating a performance surface based at least in part on a set of designs corresponding to the initial design simulations results data; and

evaluating one or more designs based at least in part on the performance surface;

wherein scoring the designs comprises:

calculating a score based on normalized score component values corresponding to the initial design simulations results data.

13 . An apparatus comprising:

a collaborative interface circuit structured to generate interface for evaluation of design by a group of users;

a user interaction circuit structured to:

interpret user inputs received by the interface; and

in response to, and based at least in part on, interpreting the user inputs, define selection parameters; and

a selection-parameter provisioning circuit structured to evaluate selection parameters and identify designs based on the selection parameters.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the collaborative interface circuit is further structured to:

update the interface in real-time based at least in part on the received user inputs.

15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the collaborative interface circuit is further structured to:

configure distinct instances of the interface to distinct users of the group based at least in part on user parameters corresponding to the distinct users.

16 . The apparatus of claim 15 , wherein at least two of the distinct instances are different for at least two distinct users of the group.

17 . The apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the at least two of the distinct instances differ by one or more hidden elements.

18 . A method comprising:

displaying, via at least one processor, an interface structured to evaluate designs by a group of users;

receiving, via the at least one processor and the interface, from one or more users of the group, evaluation input related to designs;

identifying, via the at least one processor, alternative designs based on the evaluation input;

identifying, via the at least one processor, parameters of the designs and alternative designs that correspond to one or more tradeoffs between the designs;

receiving, at the at least one processor, evaluation input related to the parameters;

generating, via the at least one processor, a hierarchy of parameters based on the evaluation input;

scoring, via the at least one processor, designs based on the hierarchy of parameters; and

presenting, via the at least one processor, on the interface, designs based on the scores.

19 . The method of claim 18 further comprising:

receiving, at the at least one processor, via the interface, votes from each of the users in the group on the designs.

20 . The method of claim 18 further comprising:

adjusting distinct instances of the interface corresponding to distinct user of the group, wherein the adjusting is based at least in part on hiding one or more elements of the interface.