Capital asset planning system
First Claim
1. A capital asset planning system for selecting assets for improvement within an infrastructure comprising:
- (a) one or more data sources descriptive of the infrastructure;
(b) one or more databases, coupled to the one or more data sources, to compile the one or more data sources;
(c) one or more processors, each coupled to and having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the one or more databases, the one or more processors comprising a predictor to generate;
(i) a first metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a current status of the infrastructure;
(ii) a second metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a user-selected, proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure;
(iii) a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric; and
(iv) at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure, wherein the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration relates to the assets for improvement; and
(d) a user interface module, coupled to have the one or more processors configured to;
visually present information comprising;
the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness andthe at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration; and
enable a user to select the assets for improvement, wherein the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness and the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration.
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Abstract
A capital asset planning system for selecting assets for improvement within an infrastructure that includes one or more data sources descriptive of the infrastructure, one or more databases, coupled to the one or more data sources, to compile the one or more data sources, one or more processors, each coupled to and having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the one or more databases. The processor includes a predictor to generate a first metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a current status of the infrastructure, a second metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a user-selected, proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure, and a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric. The system also includes a display, coupled to have the one or more processors, for visually presenting the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness, in which the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness.
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26 Claims
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1. A capital asset planning system for selecting assets for improvement within an infrastructure comprising:
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(a) one or more data sources descriptive of the infrastructure; (b) one or more databases, coupled to the one or more data sources, to compile the one or more data sources; (c) one or more processors, each coupled to and having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the one or more databases, the one or more processors comprising a predictor to generate; (i) a first metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a current status of the infrastructure; (ii) a second metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a user-selected, proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure; (iii) a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric; and (iv) at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure, wherein the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration relates to the assets for improvement; and (d) a user interface module, coupled to have the one or more processors configured to; visually present information comprising; the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness and the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration; and enable a user to select the assets for improvement, wherein the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness and the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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14. A method for selecting assets for improvement within an infrastructure comprising:
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(a) accessing one or more data sources descriptive of the infrastructure; (b) compiling the one or more data sources into one or more databases; (c) generating, via one or more processors, a first metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a current status of the infrastructure; (d) generating, via the one or more processors, a second metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a user-selected, proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure; and (e) generating, via the one or more processors, a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric; (f) generating, via the one or more processors, at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure, wherein the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration relates to the assets for improvement; (g) displaying, via a user interface module coupled to the one or more processors, the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration; and (h) receiving, via the user interface module coupled to the one or more processors, user-selection indicating the assets for improvement, wherein the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness and the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A capital asset planning system for selecting assets for improvement within an electrical grid comprising:
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(a) one or more data sources descriptive of the infrastructure selected from electrical feeder data, electrical cable data, electrical joint data, electrical transformer data, electrical outage data, electrical test pass or fail data, electrical load data, and past capital improvement cost data; (b) one or more databases, coupled to the one or more data sources, to compile the one or more data sources; (c) one or more processors, each coupled to the one or more databases and having respective communication interfaces to receive data from the one or more databases, the one or more processors comprising a predictor to generate; (i) an estimated baseline mean time between failure of an electrical feeder; (ii) an estimated projected mean time between failure of an electrical feeder based, at least in part, on a user-selected, proposed changed configuration of the electrical grid; and (iii) a net mean time between failure based, at least in part on the estimated baseline mean time between failure and the estimated projected mean time between failure; (iii) at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration of the infrastructure, wherein the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration relates to the assets for improvement; and (d) a display, coupled to have the one or more processors, for visually presenting the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness and the at least one cost metric of the proposed changed configuration of the electrical grid, wherein the capital asset planning system provides the ability to select assets for improvement based, at least in part, on the net mean time between failure and the cost metric.
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