Patent ID: 8909358

Claim:
A computer implemented method for assessing an infrastructure for a smart grid comprising: a receiver module collecting data from the smart grid; a decision support module; a KPI module receiving user input to define one or more key performance indicators (KPI's) of the infrastructure, receiving data from the receiver module to monitor defined KPI's, and providing performance data directly to the decision support module; an analytics module receiving data from the KPI module, performing real-time analytics using the data received therefrom, and providing analytical results directly to the decision support module; and a simulator module receiving data from the receiver module, performing simulations on models of the infrastructure and models of services provided by the infrastructure, and providing simulation results directly to the decision support module, the decision support module receiving data directly from the KPI module, the analytics module, and the simulator module, and determining a plurality of actions to be performed on the infrastructure based on the data received.