Constrained service restoration with heuristics

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9188453
APP PUB NO 20140257694A1
SERIAL NO

14041423

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A method of determining service routes for a plurality of crews is provided. Outage data identifying a plurality of service outage source locations, a number of affected customers associated with each location of the plurality of locations, and a type of repair to perform at each location of the plurality of locations is received. A repair time is estimated for each location. Crew data identifying a plurality of crews and a start location for the plurality of crews is received. A service route for each crew is determined based on a crew skill indicator associated with each crew satisfying the type of repair to perform at each location and based on the estimated repair time for each location. The service route for a crew of the plurality of crews includes the start location as a first location and at least one location of the plurality of locations.

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  • SAS INSTITUTE INC.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Ball, Kathy Cary, US 3 32
Hopping, Albert Raleigh, US 3 32

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