Abstract: A scheduling system and method for moving plural objects through a multipath system described as a freight railway scheduling system. The scheduling system utilizes a resource scheduler to minimize resource exception while at the same time minimizing the global costs associated with the solution. The achievable movement plan can be used to assist in the control of, or to automatically control, the movement of trains through the system. Similar movement planners exist for moving trains in yards or terminals. Coordination is achieved and system efficiency improved by interfacing the line of road and yard planners.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 31, 2006
Date of Patent:
May 3, 2011
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Joseph Wesley Philp, Mitchell Scott Wills, Joanne Maceo