Patent Document ID: 9893948
Application ID: 14856652
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. A system to manage a network comprising a plurality of interconnected components, the system comprising: a memory device storing a set of all the components that are part of the network over time; and a processor configured to identify one or more repeating patterns of components among the set of all the components as corresponding lower-level definitions to generate a hierarchical set of all the components, obtain time-varying information regarding changes in topology and operational values within the network, and create a representation of the network at a set of times based on the hierarchical set of all the components and the time-varying information, wherein each of the one or more repeating patterns of components is represented as a corresponding single-component representation, wherein a change in topology indicates a change in an arrangement of the plurality of interconnected components and a change in operational value indicates a change in a setting of a component of the plurality of interconnected components, and wherein the processor tests one or more scenarios of the network based on the representation.