SYSTEM AND METHOD TO OPTIMIZE MASS TRANSPORT VEHICLE ROUTING BASED ON TON-MILE COST INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A computer implemented method for optimizing mass transport vehicle routing based on additional ton-mile cost information, comprising:
- identifying a starting location and a plurality of customer locations associated with a warehouse and a plurality of customers, respectively, by a mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer;
identifying a plurality of pairs of locations using the starting location and the plurality of customer locations by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer;
dynamically computing mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information for each of the plurality of pairs of locations by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer;
dynamically determining, by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer, sets of mass transport vehicle routes between the starting location and the plurality of customer locations using the plurality of pairs of locations and a number of vehicles to be used;
real-time computing trip cost information for each set of mass transport vehicle routes using the mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer; and
real-time determining an optimized set of mass transport vehicle routes from the sets of mass transport vehicle routes using the computed trip cost information by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer.
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Abstract
A system and method to optimize mass transport vehicle routing based on additional ton-mile cost information are disclosed. In one embodiment, a starting location and a plurality of customer locations associated with a warehouse and a plurality of customers, respectively, are identified. Furthermore, a plurality of pairs of locations is identified using the starting location and plurality of customer locations. Mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information are then dynamically computed for each of the plurality of pairs of locations. In addition, sets of mass transport vehicle routes between the starting location and plurality of customer locations are dynamically determined using the pairs of locations and a number of vehicles to be used. Moreover, trip cost information is computed, in real-time, for each set of mass transport vehicle routes. Also, an optimized set of mass transport vehicle routes is determined, in real-time, using the trip cost information.
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36 Claims
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1. A computer implemented method for optimizing mass transport vehicle routing based on additional ton-mile cost information, comprising:
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identifying a starting location and a plurality of customer locations associated with a warehouse and a plurality of customers, respectively, by a mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer; identifying a plurality of pairs of locations using the starting location and the plurality of customer locations by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer; dynamically computing mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information for each of the plurality of pairs of locations by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer; dynamically determining, by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer, sets of mass transport vehicle routes between the starting location and the plurality of customer locations using the plurality of pairs of locations and a number of vehicles to be used; real-time computing trip cost information for each set of mass transport vehicle routes using the mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer; and real-time determining an optimized set of mass transport vehicle routes from the sets of mass transport vehicle routes using the computed trip cost information by the mass transport vehicle routing engine running on the computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A transport management system (TMS) for optimizing mass transport vehicle routing based on additional ton-mile cost information, comprising:
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a processor; memory coupled to the processor; and a mass transport vehicle routing engine residing in the memory, wherein the mass transport vehicle routing engine comprises; a location identification module to identify a starting location and a plurality of customer locations associated with a warehouse and a plurality of customers, respectively; a location pair identification module to identify a plurality of pairs of locations using the starting location and the plurality of customer locations; a mileage cost matrix module to dynamically compute mileage cost information for each of the plurality of pairs of locations; a ton-mile cost matrix module to dynamically compute ton-mile cost information for each of the plurality of pairs of locations; and a mass transport vehicle routes planning engine to dynamically determine sets of mass transport vehicle routes between the starting location and the plurality of customer locations using the plurality of pairs of locations and a number of vehicles to be used, compute, in real-time, trip cost information for each set of mass transport vehicle routes using the mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information and determine, in real-time, an optimized set of mass transport vehicle routes from the sets of mass transport vehicle routes using the computed trip cost information. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. At least one non-transitory computer-readable storage medium to optimize mass transport vehicle routing based on additional ton-mile cost information having instructions that, when executed by a computing device, cause the computing device to:
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identify a starting location and a plurality of customer locations associated with a warehouse and a plurality of customers, respectively; identify a plurality of pairs of locations using the starting location and plurality of customer locations; dynamically compute mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information for each of the plurality of pairs of locations; dynamically determine sets of mass transport vehicle routes between the starting location and the plurality of customer locations using the plurality of pairs of locations and a number of vehicles to be used; compute, in real-time, trip cost information for each set of mass transport vehicle routes using the mileage cost information and ton-mile cost information; and determine, in real-time, an optimized set of mass transport vehicle routes from the sets of mass transport vehicle routes using the computed trip cost information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36)
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