JOB SCHEDULE GENERATION USING HISTORICAL DECISION DATABASE
First Claim
1. A method for determining a print job schedule for a printing production facility having a set of availably printing resources, comprising:
- defining one or more scheduling classifications;
receiving one or more print jobs, each print job having a print job description specified by a set of print job attributes;
determining one or more scheduling classification corresponding to the received print jobs;
using a processor to automatically determine the print job schedule for the received print jobs using an answer set programming language solver responsive to;
the print job descriptions;
a set of resource descriptions for the available printing resources;
a set of scheduling rules; and
a historical decision database stored in a processor accessible memory, wherein the historical decision database stores an indication of previously successful decision frequencies as a function of scheduling classification;
wherein the print job schedule assigns a time schedule and one or more printing resources for each of the received print jobs.
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Abstract
A method for determining a print job schedule for a printing production facility having a set of availably printing resources, comprising: defining one or more scheduling classifications; receiving one or more print jobs, each print job having a print job description specified by a set of print job attributes; determining one or more scheduling classification corresponding to the received print jobs; using a processor to automatically determine the print job schedule for the received print jobs using an answer set programming language solver responsive to the print job descriptions, a set of resource descriptions, a set of scheduling rules, and a historical decision database.
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1. A method for determining a print job schedule for a printing production facility having a set of availably printing resources, comprising:
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defining one or more scheduling classifications; receiving one or more print jobs, each print job having a print job description specified by a set of print job attributes; determining one or more scheduling classification corresponding to the received print jobs; using a processor to automatically determine the print job schedule for the received print jobs using an answer set programming language solver responsive to; the print job descriptions; a set of resource descriptions for the available printing resources; a set of scheduling rules; and a historical decision database stored in a processor accessible memory, wherein the historical decision database stores an indication of previously successful decision frequencies as a function of scheduling classification; wherein the print job schedule assigns a time schedule and one or more printing resources for each of the received print jobs. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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