Xref: utzoo comp.databases:8447 comp.sources.wanted:14876 alt.sources.wanted:812 misc.wanted:12935 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!apple!petunia!csuchico.edu!gander From: gander@ecst.csuchico.edu (Gerald W Anderson) Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.sources.wanted,alt.sources.wanted,ba.market.misc,misc.wanted Subject: Scheduling/routing people movement algorithm/application Keywords: scheduling routing Message-ID: <1991Jan16.010254.11964@ecst.csuchico.edu> Date: 16 Jan 91 01:02:54 GMT Sender: news@ecst.csuchico.edu (USENET) Organization: California State University, Chico Lines: 11 I would like to locate a program or an algorithm that would help solve the following problem: A local organization that works with the developmentally disabled provides transportation for 400 people every day. This results in 70,000 miles driven every month. The people are taken to twenty (20) locations according to a schedule of supported services. The names and addresses are in a constant state of change, as are the destinations for each day's activities. One person is currently handling the weekly scheduling task. The number one need is to find the scheduling...algorithm. They have INFORMIX installed.