System and method for resource allocation and management

US8396730B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Raytheon Company · US

Inventors

• Deepak Khosla · Camarillo, US
• Eric Huang · Temple City, US
• David L. Ii · Owego, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 23, 2011
• Grant date: Mar 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 28, 2031

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/0631
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

To improve the scheduling and tasking of resources, the present disclosure describes an improved planning system and method for the allocation and management of resources. The planning system uses a branch and bound approach of tasking resources using a heuristic to expedite arrival at a deterministic solution. For each possible functional mode of the resources, an upper bound is determined. The upper bounds are employed in an objective function for the branch and bound process to determine the functional mode in which to place the resources and to determine movement paths for the resources, all in an environment where a hostile force may attempt to destroy the resources.