About Group Optimization and Partial Groups

The Group Optimizer 2, also known as GrpOpt2, is a process that is performed before the batching algorithm is applied.

To use Group Optimizer, set the GrpOpt2/Enable switch to ON. When scheduling trips, the Group Optimizer will try to group trips together that have the same pick-up and drop-off locations within a common time period (set in the SortTravelPeriodSize switch; for example, every 30 minutes after midnight), and assigns them to a run. This group is automatically assigned a name based on the drop-off location.

After all trips with a common pick-up and drop-off been grouped, the Group Optimizer then searches for and books partial groups, which are other clients who have booked trips that are around a group’s common time period and have pick-up and drop-off locations that are close to those of the common group.

This section describes what groups and partial groups are and provides examples of how Schedule Server determines these groups:

• Group of Clients with a Common Pick-Up, Drop-Off, and Time Period
• Partial Groups with a Common Destination and Time Period