Method of planning train movement using a three step optimization engine

US7680750B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• General Electric Company · US

Inventors

• Wolfgang Daum · Erie, US
• John Erik Hershey · Ballston Lake, US
• Randall Markley · Melbourne, US
• Paul M. Julich · Indialantic, US
• Mitchell Scott Wills · Melbourne, US
• David Michael Davenport · Niskayuna, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 29, 2006
• Grant date: Mar 16, 2010
• Expiry date: Jul 17, 2028

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/04
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method of scheduling network resources in a first domain by transforming the problem to a second domain, solving the problem and transforming back to the first domain.