Patent ID: 8463469
Filing Date: 2013-06-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for managing a railroad system having a plurality of components, the system comprising: a plurality of distributed data input terminals, each data input terminal corresponding to a component of the railroad system and configured to automatically generate input data related to a first aspect of the railroad system; at least one of a distributed database and a synchronized database coupled to each of the input terminals and configured to store the input data; a plurality of distributed computational engines configured to receive the input data, and based on the input data received, provide computations and output data; and automatically manage operations of a second, different aspect of the railroad system; a plurality of data output terminals coupled to the computational engines for receiving the output data therefrom; and wherein the system is configured to perform an optimization routine in response to input data including determining whether the input data requires adjustment to a first system element that is associated with the input data and performing a uni-factorial optimization in response thereto; and determining whether the input data requires adjustment to a system element other than the first system element that it is associated with and performing a multi-factorial optimization using all affected system elements as factors in response thereto.