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Transportation scheduling system

  • US 20070214033A1
  • Filed: 02/21/2007
  • Published: 09/13/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/21/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method of generating a schedule for a transportation operation, comprising:

  • a) providing an ordered list of a plurality of demands for transportation between a plurality of origins and a plurality of destinations, each demand being associated with an origin, a destination and a departure time or arrival time;

    using a computer to;

    b) set a schedule fragment to satisfy one of the demands in the ordered list, the step of setting the schedule fragment including assigning resources from one or more lists of available resources, and c) modifying the one or more lists of available resources to indicate a revised state based on the use of resources in step (b); and

    d) repeating steps (b) and (c) so that steps (b) and (c) are performed for the plurality of demands according to the order of the demands in the list and so that step (b) for each demand is performed using the state resulting from step (c) for the next previous demand.

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