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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2025
Walmart Apollo, Llc, Bentonville, AR (US);
Liqing Zhang, Humble, TX (US);
Rohan Prakash, Rogers, AR (US);
Nadere Mansouri, McKinney, TX (US);
Ming Ni, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Li Ji, Fremont, CA (US);
Ti Zhang, Rocklin, CA (US);
Jing Huang, San Jose, CA (US);
Mingang Fu, Palo Alto, CA (US);
WALMART APOLLO, LLC, Bentonville, AR (US);
Abstract
A system including a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable media storing computing instructions that, when executed on the processor, cause the processor to perform certain operations: identifying a first transit time of a first load that is different from a second transit time of a carrier for the first load; tuning a load generation model using a slackness allowance function; generating, using the load generation model with the slackness allowance function engaged, multiple slackness time windows with corresponding slackness penalties for the first load; and determining a third transit time based on a slackness time window of the multiple slackness time windows and a corresponding slackness penalty for the first load. Other embodiments are disclosed.