CPC G01N 35/0092 (2013.01) [G01N 35/00613 (2013.01); G01N 35/00871 (2013.01); G16H 10/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/40 (2018.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); G01N 2035/0094 (2013.01); G01N 2035/00881 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |
1. A method of optimization-based load planning for a laboratory analyzer system, comprising:
receiving, at a computer server, computer readable data comprising an inventory of a plurality of laboratory analyzers included in the laboratory analyzer system, types and numbers of requested tests to be performed by the laboratory analyzer system, and preferences or priorities related to operation of the laboratory analyzer system and to the types and numbers of requested tests to be performed;
determining, via an optimization-based load planning module executing on the computer server, a load plan for performing each of the requested tests in the laboratory analyzer system, the load plan comprising computer executable instructions configured to cause a system controller of the laboratory analyzer system to schedule and direct each of the requested tests to be performed at one or more selected laboratory analyzers of the laboratory analyzer system in accordance with one or more of the preferences or priorities; and
scheduling and directing, via the system controller executing the computer executable instructions of the load plan, each of the requested tests to be performed at one or more selected laboratory analyzers of the laboratory analyzer system in accordance with the one or more of the preferences or priorities.
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