Patent Document ID: 20160132550
Application ID: 14875060
Patent Flag: 0

Claim One:
1. A method for coordinating maintenance of components of an infrastructure, the method performed using a computer system comprising one or more programmed data processors, the method comprising: determining, by the one or more data processors, a current condition for each of a plurality of the infrastructure components; sorting, by the one or more data processors, the plurality of infrastructure components into a plurality of groups based at least in part on the current conditions of the plurality of infrastructure components, each of the groups comprising a subset of the plurality of infrastructure components for which the determined conditions of the infrastructure components sorted into the subset are similar to one another according to one or more similarity criteria; by the one or more processors, associating a representative condition with each of the groups, the representative conditions representative of the current conditions of the infrastructure components belonging to the respective groups; estimating, by the one or more data processors, for each of the groups, a time series of estimated future conditions for the infrastructure components of the group, based on the representative condition associated with the group; by the one or more data processors, performing an optimization to yield an optimized schedule of projects, each of the projects associated with one of the groups and comprising at least one of: replacing, upgrading and refurbishing the infrastructure components of the group wherein the optimization is based on the estimated time series of future conditions for the groups; and maintaining the infrastructure by at least one of: replacing, upgrading and refurbishing the infrastructure components of one of the groups according to the schedule of projects.