FLEET SIZE AND DISPATCH SCHEME OPTIMIZATION

-46 Abstract FLEET SIZE AND DISPATCH SCHEME OPTIMIZATION Ajob at a worksite (106) canbe performed by different numbers of machines (104), and machines (104) can be deployed to perform the job according to different dispatch schemes. A computing system (102) can usejob design data (112) and otherjob parameters (114) associated with the job to determine projected job performance times and costs associated with different combinations of candidate fleet sizes and candidate dispatch schemes. The computing system (102) can identify a particular fleet size and dispatch scheme combination, among the possible fleet size and dispatch scheme combinations, that is associated with a projected job performance time and a projectedjob cost that best satisfies a time-cost goal (110) for thejob. Computing System 102 Fleet Size Job Parameters 1__4 Selection TieCotGolMachine Worksite16 Parameters Parameters 8Dispatch Scheme Selection Job Design Data Machine Simulator 140 Machine nstructions Fleet Optimizer 142 120 106 132 108 104 124 126 122 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 104: /0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 132 ---