Abstract: A method for optimizing package-oriented network traffic control is proposed which can involve constraints to the optimization model which emerged dynamically during the optimization period. Thus, unpredictable events can be considered amongst foreseeable events during the optimization process. For achieving this the method according to the invention uses graphs which are dynamically generated and eventually be varied during the optimization process for managing the above said complex inter-dependencies. Unexpected changes of the time and loading schedules can be balanced and their negative impact on just in-time delivery of goods can be lowered. Generally, transport costs are reduced and natural resources are saved. In a preferred embodiment of the inventional method a variable time buffer extension is introduced which is used to extend the availability of the transport vehicle's capacity.

Abstract: In a method and system for speech recognition in the case of languages containing compound words only components of compound words are stored in a language model. Only these components are handled in the vocabulary.In recognizing possible compound words separate processing paths are set up for the corresponding components of compound words and for possible individual words, in which specific language model statistics are calculated. The basis for the language model statistics is the breakdown of the probabilities, in which the context and the constituents of a compound word are taken into account separately. For this, use is made of the fact, known from linguistics, that grammar-determining components of a compound word are, as a rule, to be found at the end of the compound word, where this constituent of the compound word provides information on gender, case and number of the compound word.The invention is particularly suitable for real-time speech recognition in discrete and continuous dictation.