Methods, systems and computer program products for determining systems re-tasking

A system comprising:

• a computer;
• and
• a non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with programming for interactively analyzing system re-taskability, the non-transitory computer readable medium with programming configured, when executed by the computer, to:
• a) receive an input that defines a problem having a design, functions, and a scenario;
• b) receive an input that defines possible re-tasking for each function;
• c) execute a program to evaluate performance of a system under re-tasking using system of system availability;
• d) receive an input that redefines the design;
• e) repeat steps a through d to create one or more designs;
• f) compare the designs;
• g) wherein a user selects a final system design from the one or more designs based on evaluation of effective system availability;
• wherein the final system design is selected from a group consisting of a military deployment, an electrical grid, a package delivery company, and a supply chain;
• and
• wherein system of system availability is determined by the following formula:
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A computer program product stored on a non-transitory computer readable medium, wherein executed by a process on a computer, the computer program product configured to:

• a) receive an input that defines a problem having a system design, functions, and a scenario;
• b) receive an input that defines possible re-tasking for each function;
• c) execute a program to evaluate performance of a system under re-tasking using system of system availability;
• d) receive an input that redefines the system design;
• e) repeat steps a through d to create one or more system designs;
• f) compare the system designs;
• and
• g) wherein a user selects a final system design from the one or more system designs based on evaluation of effective system availability;
• wherein the system is selected from a group consisting of a military deployment, an electrical grid, a package delivery company, and a supply chain;
• and
• wherein system of system availability is determined by the following formula:
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