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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2011
Filed:
May. 29, 2007
Wheeler Ruml, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Minh Binh DO, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Haitham Ali Hindi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Wheeler Ruml, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Minh Binh Do, Mountain View, CA (US);
Rong Zhou, San Jose, CA (US);
Haitham Ali Hindi, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Xerox Corporation, Norwalk, CT (US);
Abstract
Features described herein relate to optimizing a job plan procedure for selecting a plan for executing a manufacturing job. A planner can receive a model of a system that is to perform a job, and may select a precomputed plan that is sufficient to perform the job. The precomputed plan is identified during a first portion of a planning period, and the remainder of the planning period may be utilized to search for and identify a better plan for executing the job. If a better plan cannot be identified by the end of the planning period, then the selected precomputed plan can be executed.