Patent ID: 7389209
Filing Date: 2008-06-17
Classification: G06Q,H02J,Y02E,Y04S,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for facilitating joint scheduling of operation of each of a plurality of facilities for at least a first time interval of a period of time implemented at least in part on a computing system, the method comprising: determining a set of preliminary anticipated optimal schedules for each of the plurality of facilities, comprising: generating a set of liquidity adjusted price paths for the at least on commodity over the period of time, the set of liquidity adjusted price paths being generated based at least on the at least one specified control price path, the set of preliminary anticipated optimal schedules, and a specified liquidity function; utilizing an optimal control price path search algorithm that utilizes iterative performance of the determining step and the generating step with updating of the at least one control price paths according to the liquidity adjusted price paths, determining an optimal control price path and an anticipated optimal set of schedules, the anticipated optimal set of schedules including a schedule for each of the plurality of facilities;