Locomotive parking management tool
AssigneeGE Harris Railway Electronics, LLC
InventorJohn R. Doner
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Abstract
A system for managing locomotives in a railyard including a parking yard and a service yard, based on possible future states of the parking yard and the service yard. The system includes a computer and utilizes an algorithm that enumerates possible present locomotive placement options, enumerates possible future railyard states arising from each possible present locomotive placement option, examines each possible future railyard state, and determines a present option based on the examination of the possible future railyard states.
Claims33
A method for managing locomotives in a railyard including a parking yard and a service yard, based on possible future states of the parking yard and the service yard, using a system including a computer, said method comprising the steps of:
- enumerating possible present locomotive placement options;
- enumerating possible future railyard states arising from each possible present locomotive placement option;
- examining each possible future railyard state;
- and
- choosing a present option based on the examination of the possible future railyard states.
A networked system for managing locomotives in a railyard including a parking yard and a service yard, based on possible future states of the parking yard and the service yard, said system comprising:
- a client system comprising a browser;
- a database for storing information;
- a server system coupled to said client system and said database, said server system configured to:
- enumerate possible present locomotive placement options;
- enumerate possible future railyard states arising from each possible present locomotive placement option;
- examine each possible future railyard state;
- and
- determine a present option based on the examination of the possible future railyard states.
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