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US 6,606,529 B1Granted
Complex scheduling method and device
AssigneeFrontier Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGeorge E. Crowder, Jr., Jerry L. Mehlberg
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AssigneeFrontier Technologies, Inc.
InventorsGeorge E. Crowder, Jr., Jerry L. Mehlberg
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A device and method for the real time optimization of scheduling for manufacturing and information transfer systems and similar applications. The device is a computer readable medium whose contents cause a computer system to generate an optimal solution to a scheduling problem in accordance with a method encoded on the medium. The method employs a filtering algorithm to schedule minimally-conflicting events. The remaining unscheduled events are partitioned into non-interactive sub-sets. Following partitioning, artificial intelligence is used to select one of a plurality of algorithms which is employed to provide an optimal scheduling solution for each sub-set of scheduling requests. The purpose of artificial intelligence is to recognize certain characteristics in request data comprising each sub-set of event scheduling requests and select an algorithm which is optimal for scheduling each particular sub-set.
A computer readable medium whose contents include instructions that cause a computer system to perform a scheduling function upon receipt of scheduling input data and a scheduling command from a scheduler, by performing the steps of:
A method for scheduling a set consisting of a plurality of scheduling requests, wherein each scheduling request has at least one parameter connected therewith and wherein a plurality of the scheduling requests comprising the set are conflicting, the method comprising the steps of:
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