Embodiments provide a system including a plurality of objects and a monitoring module coupled to the objects. The monitoring module is configured to determine a health value of each object. The system also includes an optimization module coupled to the monitoring module. The optimization module is configured to receive a user input indicating a utility to be increased within the system, wherein the utility is based on the health value of each object. The optimization module is also configured to identify a plurality of available actions to be performed on each object. Each available action is associated with at least one expected consequence. The optimization module is also configured to calculate an expected utility of each action based on an effect of each expected consequence on the health value of each object and select, from the available actions, an action based on the expected utility for the system.