Walmart Inc.
METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC ROUTE ASSIGNMENT

Abstract:

This application relates to apparatus and methods for automatic delivery route generation and assignment. In some examples, a computing device determines delivery locations for each of a plurality of previous routes taken by each of a plurality of drivers over a period of time. The computing device also obtains a plurality of current routes to be assigned to the plurality of drivers. Further, the computing device determines a familiarity value for each of the plurality of drivers for each of the plurality of current routes based on the delivery locations of the previous routes taken by each driver. The computing device assigns each of the plurality of drivers to a current route based on the determined familiarity values, and stores the assignments in a data repository. In some examples, the computing device transmits the assignments to another computing device, such as a computing device of each driver.