PIPELINE PATH ANALYSIS
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1. A method for identifying alternative paths for projects, comprising:
- receiving one or more constraints that relate to a project, the project including at least one pipeline;
calculating the costs of a plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline in the project, each one of the plurality of potential paths meeting the one or more constraints;
presenting a subset of the plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline with associated cost data; and
determining an optimized path for the at least one pipeline using the associated cost data.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to path analysis, determination, and optimization for pipelines. The methods, systems, and computer executable code disclosed herein contemplate the evaluation of numerous aspects and constraints of an area around a potential pipeline path in a project. Further the methods, systems, and computer executable code may be deployed in a variety of platforms including various stand-alone and client-server computer configurations.
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1. A method for identifying alternative paths for projects, comprising:
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receiving one or more constraints that relate to a project, the project including at least one pipeline;
calculating the costs of a plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline in the project, each one of the plurality of potential paths meeting the one or more constraints;
presenting a subset of the plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline with associated cost data; and
determining an optimized path for the at least one pipeline using the associated cost data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. Computer executable code embodied on a computer readable medium that, when executing on one or more computing devices, performs the steps of:
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receiving one or more constraints that relate to a project, the project including at least one pipeline;
calculating the costs of a plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline in the project, each one of the plurality of potential paths meeting the one or more constraints;
presenting a subset of the plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline with associated cost data; and
determining an optimized path for the at least one pipeline using the associated cost data. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37)
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- 38. A device comprising a server connected in a communicating relationship with a data network, the server adapted to receive from a client device one or more constraints that relate to a project, the project including at least one pipeline, and the server further adapted to calculate a cost of a plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline in the project, each one of the plurality of potential paths meeting the one or more constraints.
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40. A web-enabled client device, the device adapted to receive a selection of one or more constraints that relate to a project from a user, the project including at least one pipeline;
- and the device adapted to transmit the one or more constraints to a server, and to receive in response from the server a plurality of potential paths for the at least one pipeline with associated cost data.
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