Methods for improved production and distribution

US9547822B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Ali Esmaili · Allentown, US
• Catherine Catino Latshaw · Fogelsville, US
• Sharad Kumar · Geelong, AU
• Montgomery M. Alger · Lower Saucon Township, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 12, 2011
• Grant date: Jan 17, 2017
• Expiry date: Jun 1, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F25J2290/60
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A computer-implemented system and method for producing and distributing at least one product from at least one plant to at least one customer where discretized plant production data, filtered customer sourcing data, forecasted customer demand data, and forecasted plant electricity pricing data are input into a modified genetic algorithm and an electronic processor solves the modified genetic algorithm and outputs the solution to an interface. The system and method is flexible and can incorporate data as it becomes available to yield intermediate solutions for quick decision making.