Resource scheduler for scheduling railway train resources

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1998-08-06

2000-11-28

Elmore, Reba I.

Data processing: artificial intelligence

Knowledge processing system

706 16, 706 23, 706 41, 706932, B61L 2704

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ABSTRACT:
A resource scheduler for scheduling railway train resources over a track system with a high degree of optimization. The scheduler is implemented in an expert system that employs simulated annealing techniques to approximate the optimum solution.

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