Multi-infrastructure modeling and simulation system

US8473263B2 · kind B2 · utility

Inventors

• William J. Tolone · Concord, US
• Elwood Wray Johnson · Concord, US
• Kyle Joseph Thieman · Matthews, US
• David Wilson · Gainesville, US
• Marc Thomas Calello · Charlotte, US
• Wei Xiang · Tangxia, CN
• Andrew Marcellus Stogner · Charlotte, US
• Seok-Won Lee · Seoul, KR
• Michael Russel · Lake Zurich, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jan 9, 2009
• Grant date: Jun 25, 2013
• Expiry date: Sep 13, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/06
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A system for simulating interdependencies between multiple critical physical infrastructure models includes a first infrastructure data model that models a first physical infrastructure; a second infrastructure data model that models a second physical infrastructure, wherein the second physical infrastructure is a different physical infrastructure from the first physical infrastructure; a simulation engine adapted to automatically produce a change in the second infrastructure data model in response to a change in the first infrastructure data model; a user interface permitting a user to interact with the simulation engine; wherein the user interface and the simulation engine are configured such that the user can disable an element of the first physical infrastructure, and subsequently re-enable the element of the first physical infrastructure; wherein the first infrastructure data model comprises a transport network; and wherein the second infrastructure data model comprises a channel network.