Abstract: Methods and systems for a mission planning system for a fleet of assets are provided. The system includes a centralized database for storing information, a computer system configured to be coupled to the database wherein the computer system includes a mission model configured to analyze a plurality of missions to be executed by the fleet of assets, the missions being defined by at least one task sequence and a set of environmental parameters associated with each task sequence, an asset model configured to determine the capability of each asset to perform the task sequence associated with at least one mission using the historical data, the threshold data, and the mission analysis, and a selection model configured to match at least one asset to each mission based on the determined asset capability, such that the capability of all assets is facilitated being optimized.

Abstract: A method of managing lifecycle costs for an asset inventory is provided. The method includes obtaining data related to assets for the asset inventory and analyzing the obtained data to generate a plurality of domain-dependent rules having parameters corresponding to assets of the asset inventory. The method also includes determining an optimal setting of the parameters to achieve an estimated least-cost value of owning the assets over a period of time and applying the optimal setting of the parameters to each asset to generate customized asset parameters.

Abstract: A method of managing an asset inventory is provided. The method includes obtaining data related to assets of the asset inventory and analyzing the obtained data to estimate a total number of assets required by the asset inventory over a time period. The method also includes determining a first cost of owning an asset and a second cost of leasing an asset and allocating the asset inventory between a first number of owned assets and a second number of leased assets to achieve an estimated least-cost value of maintaining the total number of assets over the time period.