The Boeing Company
Automated buffer setting

Abstract:

Techniques for assigning various operations to itineraries that can be assigned to personnel. A plurality of tags relating to past instances of a plurality of various operations are retrieved from an electronic data source. Each tag includes a first symbol representing a magnitude of time variance for a respective operation of the various operations and a second symbol representing a likelihood of time variance for the respective operation. The plurality of tags are parsed, and a plurality of predicted time variances are determined. A first predicted time variance is selected for a first operation based on a reliability factor. A combination of operations is identified, and a likelihood that the combination of operations does not exceed at least one personal limit of personnel is determined. An itinerary that includes the identified combination of operations is generated. Personnel are automatically tasked to perform the operations of the generated itinerary.