Abstract: Methods and systems for prognostic condition assessment decision aid of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a schedule of missions and maintenance of a fleet of vehicles, comprising receiving data from the fleet of vehicles for missions and maintenance activity, determining mission and maintenance requirements, processing the received data and requirements to provide an operational allocation of the fleet of vehicles, determining an alternative allocation of the operational allocation of the fleet of vehicles, the alternative allocation satisfying at least one operational objective for the fleet of vehicles, and generating a schedule for the alternative allocation of the fleet of vehicles.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of modeling the costs associated with a system that includes a plurality of components are provided. In accordance with a preferred form of the present invention, a method includes using a first and a second node of a tree structure to represent a first and a second operation associated with the system. A branch of the tree structure is also used to represent a first dependency between the first operation and the second operation. A determination may then be made as to whether a third node, in addition to the first node, represents the first operation. In the alternative, a determination may be made as to whether a second branch branches from the first operation.

Abstract: Methods and systems for prognostic condition assessment decision aid of a fleet of vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes providing a schedule of missions and maintenance of a fleet of vehicles, comprising receiving data from the fleet of vehicles for missions and maintenance activity, determining mission and maintenance requirements, processing the received data and requirements to provide an operational allocation the fleet of vehicles, determining an alternative allocation of the operational allocation the fleet of vehicles, the alternative allocation satisfying at least one operational objective for the fleet of vehicles, and generating a schedule for the alternative allocation of the fleet of vehicles.

Abstract: Methods and systems for health operations analysis models to compare a first and second fleet of vehicles are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for providing a system health operations analysis model including determining a first system health operations analysis of a first fleet of vehicles, determining a second system health operations analysis of a second fleet of vehicles, comparing the first and second system health operations analyses, and generating a system health operations output of the first and second system health operations analyses.

Abstract: The invention provides a simulation process and method of utilizing it to time to better estimate when a component of a product is about to fail by tracking varying “environmental factors” related to the severity of conditions to which product is exposed over a period of time. The invention includes the steps of: (a) determining a distribution of mean times between failures or failure rate for each component of the product; (b) using statistical techniques to select a fail point for each component; (c) applying an aging factor for each component for conditions to which the product is subjected; and (d) calculating an estimated time for failure for a component using information comprising time periods the component was subjected to conditions, and aging factors relating to the conditions.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus of modeling the costs associated with a system that includes a plurality of components are provided. In accordance with a preferred form of the present invention, a method includes using a first and a second node of a tree structure to represent a first and a second operation associated with the system. A branch of the tree structure is also used to represent a first dependency between the first operation and the second operation. A determination may then be made as to whether a third node, in addition to the first node, represents the first operation. In the alternative, a determination may be made as to whether a second branch branches from the first operation.