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; and
(iii) a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric; and
(d) a display, coupled to have the one or more processors, for visually presenting the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness;
wherein the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness.
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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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20 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; and (iii) a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric; and (d) a display, coupled to have the one or more processors, for visually presenting the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness; wherein the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. 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 a first metric of estimated infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on a current status of the infrastructure; (d) generating 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 a net metric of infrastructure effectiveness based, at least in part, on said first metric and said second metric; and (f) displaying the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness, wherein the assets for improvement are selected based, at least in part, on the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. 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; and (d) a display, coupled to have the one or more processors, for visually presenting the net metric of infrastructure effectiveness and a 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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