System and method of vessel scheduling for product distribution
US9665845B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 2, 2015 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 2, 2035 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06Q10/1097
- WIPO fieldIT methods for management
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system, computer-implemented method, and software for automatically planning and scheduling ocean-going vessels for oil distribution is provided. The scheduling of the vessels is based on a filtered beam search and greedy heuristic. A server can be used for receiving a schedule request and one or more constraints for scheduling one or more vessels from one or more users. An optimization engine can be used for generating a schedule based at least in part on the one or more constraints using a beam search algorithm.
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