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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 01, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2020
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Sandeep M. Naik, Bridgewater, NJ (US);
Micheal Heydlauf, Cary, NC (US);
Ahmet Tuysuzoglu, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Yue Zhang, Jersey City, NJ (US);
Luxi Zheng, Cary, NC (US);
Jeffrey Hoffman, Lebanon, NJ (US);
Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics Inc., Tarrytown, NY (US);
Abstract
Methods of scheduling maintenance on a plurality of automated testing apparatus and possibly also on ancillary test processing apparatus are provided. The methods include inputting identification data on the plurality of automated testing apparatus to be maintained, inputting maintenance requirement data for the maintenance of each of the apparatus, inputting demand constraint data, operating on the identification data, maintenance requirement data, and demand constraint data using an optimization program, such as mixed integer linear programming (MILP), subject to demand constraints and at least one objective, and outputting an optimized maintenance schedule for a planning period. Systems and apparatus configured to carry out the methods are also provided, as are other aspects.