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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2013
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventor:
Tim Nonner, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G01C 21/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3423 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method for routing in a network including a plurality of nodes and links between nodes, includes the steps of: setting a start node and a destination node; for each node, assigning a waiting time distribution for at least one means of transport for at least one intermediate node between the start node and the destination node; and providing a list of alternative means of transport linking the intermediate node to a subsequent node as a function of the waiting time distribution assigned to the at least one means of transport at the intermediate node.