1. A method to predict remaining life of a target, the method comprising: receiving information regarding a behavior of the target, said information including at least one of a maintenance history and a utilization history; identifying from a database at least one piece of equipment having similarities to the target based upon said behavior; retrieving from the database data having a relationship to the behavior; evaluating a similarity of the relationship between the equipment and the target using said data and said information; creating at least one model based upon the similarity; predicting the remaining life of the target based upon the models using an evolutionary search of said model for at least one iteration; and generating a signal corresponding to the predicted remaining life of the target.