Multi-infrastructure modeling and simulation system

• US 8,473,263 B2
• Filed: 01/09/2009
• Issued: 06/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Andrew Marcellus Stogner, David Wilson, Elwood Wray Johnson, Kyle Joseph Thieman, Marc Thomas Calello, Michael Russel, Seok-Won Lee, Wei-Ning Xiang, William J. Tolone
• Original Assignee: Andrew Marcellus Stogner, David Wilson, Elwood Wray Johnson, Kyle Joseph Thieman, Marc Thomas Calello, Michael Russel, Seok-Won Lee, Wei-Ning Xiang, William J. Tolone
• Inventors: Tolone, William J., Johnson, Elwood Wray, Thieman, Kyle Joseph, Wilson, David, Calello, Marc Thomas, Xiang, Wei-ning, Stogner, Andrew Marcellus, Lee, Seok-Won, Russel, Michael
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAN, THAI Q
• Application Number:
  US12/351,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20090228253A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,628 Days
• Field of Search: 703/17, 703/22, 703/27, 703/2, 703/24, 715/771, 706/45, 706/52, 704/240, 707/104, 707/600
• US Class Current: 703/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/10 Office automation; Time management

Abstract

A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models includes a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure; a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure; a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model; a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine; wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure; wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network; and wherein the second infrastructure data model comprises a channel network.

Claims

1. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure;

(b) a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first infrastructure data model, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first infrastructure data model;

(f) wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network;

(g) wherein the second infrastructure data model comprises a channel network;

(h) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured to;

(i) run a consistency check,

(ii) regenerate relationships,

(iii) support redundancy, and

(iv) generate a relationship report;

(i) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine;

(i) support integrated model monitoring,

(ii) include an integrated model deletion shield, and

(iii) are implemented utilizing a means for validation;

(j) wherein the system is a web-enabled system; and

(k) wherein the system comprises a generic service framework.

2. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure;

(b) a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) a third infrastructure data model that is a behavioral model, said behavioral model representing an electrical power infrastructure;

(f) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure;

(g) wherein the system further includes automatic schema evolution.

3. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure;

(b) a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure;

(f) wherein the system further includes automatic schema evolution;

(g) wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network.

4. A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models, comprising:

(a) a transport network infrastructure data model that models a transport network physical infrastructure;

(b) a channel network infrastructure data model that models a channel network physical infrastructure;

(c) a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the channel network data model in response to a change in the transport network infrastructure data model;

(d) a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine;

(e) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the transport network infrastructure data model, and subsequently re-enable the element of the transport network infrastructure data model;

(f) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured to;

(i) run a consistency check,

(ii) regenerate relationships,

(iii) support redundancy, and

(iv) generate a relationship report;

(i) wherein the user interface and the simulation engine;

(i) support integrated model monitoring,

(ii) include an integrated model deletion shield, and

(iii) are implemented utilizing a means for validation;

(j) wherein the system is a web-enabled system; and

(k) wherein the system comprises a generic service framework.