Patent ID: 8554459
Filing Date: 2013-10-08
Classification: G06N,G06Q,G08G

Abstract:
1. An airline operations control system for an airline having multiple aircraft and multiple routes formed by one or more flights, which are implemented by the aircraft flying the flights forming the routes, the system comprising: a computer searchable database comprising aircraft data, aircraft status data, route data, and maintenance data provided on a storage medium of a computer; a query module configured to query the database for and output stable operating solutions that ensure completion of the multiple routes based on at least one failure of at least one aircraft flying one of the routes, wherein the query module is executed on a computer configured to access the database, wherein the query module is configured to execute a separate thread for each of the aircraft and wherein the query module is configured to iterate over the database by varying at least one of the following input variables: immediately repair the failure, delay the repair, delay the flight, cancel the flight, and swap the aircraft; and a learning module configured to present at least a subset of the stable operating solutions to airline operation personnel for selection, learn the selection preferences over time, and control future selection of the presented subset of the stable operating solutions based on the learning, wherein the learning module is executed on a computer configured to access the stable operations outputted by the query module.