Patent ID: 8103392

Claim:
A method of mitigating a system-level effect of a fault detected in a system during an operating period, the method comprising: using a controller to automatically prognose the system-level effect of said fault in terms of a residual capability of the system during a remainder of the operating period based on predetermined stored data; using the controller to automatically generate a corresponding set of alternative reversionary action plans for mitigating said system-level effect during the remainder of the operating period based on said prognosis, wherein each reversionary action plan includes a first projected outcome if a current setting for a mitigation parameter is not adjusted, a proposed adjustment to the current setting for the mitigation parameter and a time frame for reaching the first projected outcome; submitting the set of alternative reversionary action plans to a decision-making authority for determination by the decision-making authority of a preferred one of the reversionary action plans suitable for achieving an objective; and using the controller, operably connected to the system, to implement a preferred reversionary action plan in accordance with said determination.