Method for scheduling transportation resources

Details Method for scheduling transportation resources Method for scheduling transportation resources

2006-10-24

2006-10-24

Hayes, John W. (Department: 3639)

Data processing: financial, business practice, management, or co

Automated electrical financial or business practice or...

Health care management

C705S013000, C705S001100, C701S001000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07127411

ABSTRACT:
An improved transportation scheduling method for scheduling a plurality of trips T1–Tnusing a plurality of vehicles V1–Vn, each of said plurality of vehicles having a trip manifest. The method comprises the steps of: (a) generating a useability matrix that determines which of said plurality of vehicles V1–Vnis useable with each of said plurality of trips T1–Tn; (b) determining a best trip of said plurality of trips T1–Tnto be scheduled next; (c) determining a best vehicle from said plurality of vehicles V1–Vnfor accommodating said best trip; (d) determining a best insertion pair into said trip manifest of said best vehicle for said best trip and updating said trip manifest to include said best insertion pair; (e) updating said useability matrix to reflect the scheduling of said best trip on said best vehicle; and (f) repeating steps (a)–(e) until all of the trips in said plurality of trips T1–Tnhave been scheduled.

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