US Patent Issued to BNSF Railway on July 15 for "Time-space network based multi-objective systems and methods for optimal rail car stacking at a railroad merchandise yard" (Texas, Missouri, Illinois Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,358,543, issued on July 15, was assigned to BNSF Railway Co. (Fort Worth, Texas).

"Time-space network based multi-objective systems and methods for optimal rail car stacking at a railroad merchandise yard" was invented by Avnish Kishor Malde (Fort Worth, Texas), Paul Kuhn (Fort Worth, Texas), Chad Lawrence (Fort Worth, Texas), Nathaniel W. Merry (Kansas City, Mo.), Shane Reffett (Abingdon, Ill.), Patrick J. Sbrocca (Fort Worth, Texas) and Timothy J. Worrell (Monmouth, Ill.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for assigning train blocks at a railroad merchandise yard includes determining, using a first optimization model and outbound t...