Method for providing configuration information for a system comprising a plurality of moving objects

A system for providing configuration information for a system comprising a plurality of vehicles, each vehicle moving in time and passing one or more stations in succession, wherein for each moving object a first number of degrees of freedom (DOF) are assigned and wherein one or more system parameters are preset representing a performance of at least part of the system comprising the plurality of vehicle (SP), the system comprising:

• one or more processors configured to:
• successively optimize each respective vehicle at each station by selecting a DOF for each vehicle from a second number of DOF for the respective vehicle, wherein the second number of DOF is smaller than the first number of DOF, and computing a global SP;
• assign each vehicle of each station a DOF resulting from a first system configuration (SC);
• evaluate the global SP for the first SC;
• identify one or more stations having a negative impact, (NIS) on the global SP on the first SC;
• and
• successively optimize, for the one or more NIS, each vehicle locally at each respective NIS with regard to the SP with a number of DOF greater than said second number of DOF and such that the SP for the first SC does not deteriorate.