摘要 |
<p>In accordance with the present invention a process is provided for optimizing a schedule of legs employed in transporting objects between geographic markets. The process identifies a set of itineraries (112) for serving a set of markets, and then generates a set of market plans (122) for each market. Each market plan comprises a modified set of the itineraries for the market. The profitability of each market plan is then determined (142), and a selection is made from the set of market plans (144) of a subset thereof that optimizes overall profit of the schedule.</p> |