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Data based node penalties

  • US 20030214911A1
  • Filed: 05/16/2002
  • Published: 11/20/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for determining a node based penalty in a material transport system having a plurality of interconnected nodes, the method comprising the steps of:

  • providing a plurality of data from the plurality of nodes indicative of the queue blocking time of the corresponding node;

    windowing the plurality of data over a predetermined time period; and

    determining a node penalty metric indicative of the queue blocking time during the window period for each of the plurality of nodes having windowed data associated therewith.

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