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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 23, 2005
Roy I. Peterkofsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hema Budaraju, Fremont, CA (US);
Mei Yang, Albany, CA (US);
Rongming Sun, Hayward, CA (US);
Roy I. Peterkofsky, San Francisco, CA (US);
Hema Budaraju, Fremont, CA (US);
Mei Yang, Albany, CA (US);
Rongming Sun, Hayward, CA (US);
Oracle International Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
A computer, for planning moves of freight using vehicles, determines one or more attributes of a mission, based on a group of shipments being consolidated into the mission, computes a total amount of freight to be moved, and decides on feasibility of performing the mission, using a vehicle of a given type based at least on each of (A) the amount of freight, (B) one or more attributes of the mission, and (C) multiple effective capacities of freight moveable by the type of vehicle being selected, which depend on the mission attribute(s). Multiple effective capacities for each vehicle type, and corresponding values of mission attribute(s) at which they are to be applied are stored in the computer ahead of time, based on industry experience. Examples of mission attribute(s) include (1) number of stops, (2) type of stops (whether pooling or not), and (3) a combination thereof.