1. A reconfigurable system for monitoring the health of a complex system comprising: a computing node comprising: a memory; and a processor communicatively connected to the memory, the processor configured to: receive a plurality of standardized executable application modules, each standardized executable application module containing instructions to perform one of a plurality of different standardized functions; receive a binary file including data which configures the standardized executable application modules and configures the memory by creating at least one data structure in the memory used by at least one of the plurality of standardized executable application modules; and load the standardized executable application modules and binary file in the memory.