Methods and systems for determining a cyclical fleet plan satisfying a recurring set of coverage requirements
US8880326B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 20, 2013 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 21, 2033 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG08G5/32
- WIPO fieldControl
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
Methods and systems for determining a cyclical pattern of trajectories for a fleet of vehicles are provided. In one example, a method comprises receiving a sequence of coverage requirements for a region and an associated period of time. For each of one or more phases of the period of time, possible routes that a vehicle located at one or more respective landmarks at a beginning of the phase could follow to reach one or more additional landmarks by an end of the phase are determined. Further, a cyclical pattern of trajectories for vehicles of a fleet of vehicles that minimizes a difference between a distribution of the fleet at a beginning of the period of time and a distribution of the fleet at an end of the period of time is determined.
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