System and method for computing railcar switching solutions in a switchyard using empty car substitution logic
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1. ) A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard that has a switching queue, a switch and a plurality of classification tracks, said switching queue holding a plurality of empty cars, said system comprising:
- a) an input for receiving;
i) first data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard, an arrival train including a plurality of cars;
ii) second data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard, one of the departure trains including a particular empty car;
b) a processing entity for computing car switching solutions to assemble the departure trains, the car switching solutions being such as to substitute an empty car from the plurality of empty cars to the particular empty car;
c) an output for releasing data conveying the car switching solutions.
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A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard. The system is computer based and has an input for receiving data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard and data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard. A processing entity processes the data and computes car switching solutions for the railcars.
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1. ) A system for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard that has a switching queue, a switch and a plurality of classification tracks, said switching queue holding a plurality of empty cars, said system comprising:
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a) an input for receiving;
i) first data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard, an arrival train including a plurality of cars;
ii) second data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard, one of the departure trains including a particular empty car;
b) a processing entity for computing car switching solutions to assemble the departure trains, the car switching solutions being such as to substitute an empty car from the plurality of empty cars to the particular empty car;
c) an output for releasing data conveying the car switching solutions. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. ) A method for computing car switching solutions in a railway switch yard that has a switching queue, a switch and a plurality of classification tracks, the switching queue holding a plurality of empty cars, said method comprising:
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a) receiving at an input;
i) first data conveying information about one or more arrival trains arriving at the switch yard, an arrival train including a plurality of cars;
ii) second data conveying information about departure trains to depart the switch yard, one of the departure trains including a particular empty car;
b) computing car switching solutions to assemble the departure trains, the car switching solutions being such as to substitute an empty car from the plurality of empty cars to the particular empty car;
c) releasing at an output data conveying the car switching solutions. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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