Method and system for determining transportation route
First Claim
1. A transportation route determining method, comprising the steps of:
- constructing a transportation network by arranging a plurality of collection/delivery base points for respectively collecting or delivering a transportation article, a plurality of relay base points for respectively relaying the transportation article to transport the transportation article from a collection/delivery base point to another collection/delivery base point and a plurality of relay transportation services for respectively executing the transportation of the transportation article from one collection/delivery base point or relay base point to another collection/delivery base point or relay base point;
hierarchically classifying the collection/delivery base points, the relay base points and the relay transportation services of the transportation network into pieces of transportation network information in a hierarchy structure;
preparing a plurality of transportation restrictions for article transportation in the transportation network;
preparing transportation rules determined according to experimental knowledge;
preparing a plurality of route rules determined according to business knowledge, each route rule indicating a relay route connecting three or more relay base points;
determining a transportation route from a transportation starting point selected from among the collection/delivery base points to a transportation arriving point selected from the collection/delivery base points according to the transportation network information on condition that the route rules, the transportation restrictions and the transportation rules are satisfied; and
outputting the transportation route.
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Abstract
Transportation network information relating to a transportation network constructed by arranging a plurality of collection/delivery base points, a plurality of transportation hubs, a plurality of collection/delivery services and a plurality of relay transportation services are hierarchically stored in a transportation network storing unit. Schedule information relating to the collection/delivery services and the relay transportation services are stored in a transportation schedule storing unit. Transportation rules based on experimental knowledge, transportation restrictions for the article transportation and route rules based on business knowledge are stored in a knowledge storing unit. When transportation conditions for an article are input to a condition receiving unit, an optimum transportation route from a transportation starting point to a transportation arriving point, a relay of relay transportation services along the optimum transportation route, transportation starting time and date and transportation arriving time and date are determined according to the transportation network information, the schedule information, the transportation rules and restrictions and the route rules. Also, in cases where a transportation starting or arriving point is unknown, candidates of the unknown point are determined and displayed.
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15 Claims
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1. A transportation route determining method, comprising the steps of:
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constructing a transportation network by arranging a plurality of collection/delivery base points for respectively collecting or delivering a transportation article, a plurality of relay base points for respectively relaying the transportation article to transport the transportation article from a collection/delivery base point to another collection/delivery base point and a plurality of relay transportation services for respectively executing the transportation of the transportation article from one collection/delivery base point or relay base point to another collection/delivery base point or relay base point; hierarchically classifying the collection/delivery base points, the relay base points and the relay transportation services of the transportation network into pieces of transportation network information in a hierarchy structure; preparing a plurality of transportation restrictions for article transportation in the transportation network; preparing transportation rules determined according to experimental knowledge; preparing a plurality of route rules determined according to business knowledge, each route rule indicating a relay route connecting three or more relay base points; determining a transportation route from a transportation starting point selected from among the collection/delivery base points to a transportation arriving point selected from the collection/delivery base points according to the transportation network information on condition that the route rules, the transportation restrictions and the transportation rules are satisfied; and outputting the transportation route. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A transportation route determining system, comprising:
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transportation network storing means for storing transportation network information indicating a transportation network in which a plurality of collection/delivery base points for respectively collecting or delivering a transportation article, a plurality of relay base points for respectively relaying the transportation article to transport the transportation article from a collection/delivery base point to another collection/delivery base point and a plurality of relay transportation services for respectively executing the transportation of the transportation article from one collection/delivery base point or relay base point to another collection/delivery base point or relay base point are hierarchically arranged to form a hierarchy structure; knowledge storing means for storing a plurality of transportation restrictions for article transportation in the transportation network, a plurality of route rules determined according to business knowledge and transportation rules determined according to experimental knowledge, each route rule indicating a relay route connecting three or more relay base points; condition receiving means for receiving one or more transportation conditions in the transportation network; transportation route determining means for determining a transportation route from a transportation starting point corresponding to one of the collection/delivery base points to a transportation arriving point corresponding to another collection/delivery base point in the transportation network according to the transportation conditions received by the condition receiving means and the transportation network information stored in the transportation network storing means on condition that the transportation restrictions, the transportation rules and the route rules stored in the knowledge storing means are satisfied; and determined result outputting means for outputting the transportation route determined by the transportation route determining means. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
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