Patent ID: 6321135
Filing Date: 2001-11-20
Classification: B07C,G01G

Abstract:
A method for generating a prospect for filling a batch with at least one item having at least one characteristic property, the prospect being used to assigning an item to a batch having at least one batch shortage expressed in terms of the at least one characteristic property, method comprising:providing a first set of data representing at least one characteristic property of at least one item;providing a second set of data representing at least one batch shortage;generating a third set of data representing a tally on the number of combinations of the items represented in the first set of data as a function of batch shortage and item count;providing a fourth set of data indicating at least one batch shortage and optionally a maximum number of items on which the prospect generation is to be based;generating the prospect related to the fourth set of data on the basis of multiplying each of the entries of the third set of data by the single count probability corresponding to each entry subject to the proviso that each of the entries multiplied represents:(i) one of the batch shortages indicated in the fourth set of data, and(ii) a number of combinations of items being smaller than or equal to the provided maximum number of items.