Fuel Delivery Cost Estimation System
First Claim
1. A method for estimating a cost for moving fuel, the method comprising:
- forming a group of vehicles for moving the fuel from a starting location to a destination location using user input;
identifying operations for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the user input;
identifying a set of additional vehicles for the group of vehicles to form a current group of vehicles;
identifying personnel for the current group of vehicles; and
identifying the cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the current group of vehicles and the personnel.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for estimating a cost for moving fuel. A group of vehicles for moving the fuel from a starting location to a destination location is formed using user input. Operations for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location are identified using the user input. A set of additional vehicles for the group of vehicles is identified to form a current group of vehicles. Personnel for the current group of vehicles are identified. The cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location is identified using the current group of vehicles and the personnel.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for estimating a cost for moving fuel, the method comprising:
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forming a group of vehicles for moving the fuel from a starting location to a destination location using user input; identifying operations for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the user input; identifying a set of additional vehicles for the group of vehicles to form a current group of vehicles; identifying personnel for the current group of vehicles; and identifying the cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the current group of vehicles and the personnel. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for identifying fuel costs for operating vehicles, the method comprising:
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forming a group of vehicles for moving fuel from a starting location to a destination location using user input, wherein the group of vehicles is selected from a plurality of heterogeneous vehicles and wherein the group of vehicles includes a vehicle under consideration; identifying operations for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the user input; identifying a set of additional vehicles for the group of vehicles to form a current group of vehicles; identifying personnel for the current group of vehicles; identifying a cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the current group of vehicles and the personnel, wherein the cost includes a cost for the vehicle under consideration; determining whether to use the vehicle under consideration based on the cost for the vehicle under consideration; and responsive to an absence of a determination to use the vehicle under consideration, performing at least one of changing a design for the vehicle under consideration and selecting a new vehicle for consideration.
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17. A cost estimation system comprising:
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a computer system; and a fuel cost estimation module configured to run on the computer system, receive user input identifying a group of vehicles for moving fuel from a starting location to a destination location, identify operations for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the user input, identify a set of additional vehicles for the group of vehicles to form a current group of vehicles, identify personnel for the current group of vehicles, and identify a cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the current group of vehicles and the personnel. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for designing a new vehicle, the method comprising:
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identifying the new vehicle; selecting a mission with a group of vehicles for moving fuel from a starting location to a destination location; including the new vehicle in the group of vehicles in the mission to form a current group of vehicles; identifying a first cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the current group of vehicles and personnel used to operate the current group of vehicles; comparing the first cost to a second cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location, wherein the second cost uses the group of vehicles and personnel used to operate the group of vehicles without the new vehicle to form a comparison; and determining whether to change a design of the new vehicle based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23)
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24. A method for selecting vehicles for moving fuel, the method comprising:
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selecting the vehicles for a group of vehicles used to move the fuel from a starting location to a destination location using user input; identifying operations for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location; identifying a set of additional vehicles for the group of vehicles to form a current group of vehicles; identifying personnel for the current group of vehicles; identifying a cost for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the current group of vehicles and the personnel for the current group of vehicles; changing the current group of vehicles a number of times; identifying a number of changes to the set of vehicles and the personnel based on changing the current group the number of times to form a number of current groups of vehicles and a number of personnel for the number of current groups of vehicles; and identifying a number of costs for moving the fuel from the starting location to the destination location using the number of current groups of vehicles and the number of personnel for the number of current groups of vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (25)
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