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US 2014/0277905 A1Published application
Methods and apparatus to manage a fleet of work machines
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorNoel Wayne Anderson
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus are disclosed for managing a fleet of work machines. An example method disclosed herein includes determining corresponding performance metrics for a plurality of machine configurations to complete corresponding missions at a work site of an operation; assigning a machine configuration of the plurality of machine configurations to the plurality of missions based on the performance metrics.
Claims21
A method comprising:
- determining a first performance metric for a first machine configuration to execute a mission at a work site based on a characteristic of the first machine configuration or a characteristic of the work site;
- determining a second performance metric for a second machine configuration to execute the mission at the work site based on a characteristic of the second machine configuration or a characteristic of the work site;
- and
- assigning the first machine configuration to the work site for execution of the mission based on a comparison of the first and second performance metrics.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a mission analyzer to determine a first performance metric for a first machine configuration to execute a mission at a work site based on a characteristic of the first machine configuration or a characteristic of the work site and a second performance metric for a second machine configuration to execute the mission at the work site based on a characteristic of the second machine configuration or a characteristic of the work site;
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- a fleet assigner to assign the first machine configuration to the work site for execution of the mission based on a comparison of the first and second performance metrics.
A tangible computer readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed cause a machine to at least:
- determine a first performance metric for a first machine configuration to execute a mission at a work site based on a characteristic of the first machine configuration or a characteristic of the work site;
- determine a second performance metric for a second machine configuration to execute the mission at the work site based on a characteristic of the second machine configuration or a characteristic of the work site;
- and
- assign the first machine configuration to the work site for execution of the mission based on a comparison of the first and second performance metrics.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.