Abstract: System for and method of controlling vehicles in a closed transport system. A closed transport system network controller generates a route for a requested journey, determining the commencement time of the journey from the origin point such that the vehicle executes the journey free of collisions with other vehicles in the closed transport system. The network controller provides steering and speed instructions in order for the vehicle to execute the route in the prescribed manner. The network controller controls all vehicles in the closed transport system such that, on a macro level, the capacity of the closed transport system is generally maximized.

Abstract: System for and method of controlling vehicles in a closed transport system. A closed transport system network controller generates a route for a requested journey, determining the commencement time of the journey from the origin point such that the vehicle executes the journey free of collisions with other vehicles in the closed transport system. The network controller provides steering and speed instructions in order for the vehicle to execute the route in the prescribed manner. The network controller controls all vehicles in the closed transport system such that, on a macro level, the capacity of the closed transport system is generally maximized.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of allocating locums to available medical shifts, each shift involving specified work at a respective entity over a predetermined time period. The method utilizes a base station adapted to receive a shift request from a remote end station and access shift data stored in a store, the shift data representing respective available shifts. The base station provides an indication of one or more available shifts to the end station in response to the shift request, with the end station providing a shift selection indicating at least a selected shift the locum wishes to work. The base station responds to the shift selection to assign the locum to the shift by modifying the shift data in accordance with the received shift selection to indicate that the shift is no longer available and transferring an indication of the shift selection to the entity.