Glossary¶

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Term	Meaning
Advanced Travel Oracle	The optimization engine behind the API (and the Scheduled Routes app).
Problem	The request payload: fleet + jobs + objective + configuration.
Solution	The response payload: routes + statistics + unassigned.
Fleet / Vehicle	Your vehicles. Each has shifts, capacities, optional skills and limits.
Shift	A working period for a vehicle: start/end time and location, optional breaks.
Job	A unit of work, made of pickup and/or delivery tasks.
Task	A single stop to serve: location, optional time windows, duration, demand, skills.
Objective	What "best" means — minimize travel time (1), minimize vehicles (2), balance workload (3), or a custom strategy.
Capacity / Demand	Named load limits on a vehicle (capacity) and the load a task consumes (demand), matched by position.
Skill	A string capability; a task is only served by a vehicle that provides its required skills.
Service window	An allowed time range for serving a task.
PDPTW	Pickup-and-delivery problem with time windows — carry a load from A to B on one vehicle.
Re-optimization	Re-planning remaining work mid-day using current positions and task status.
Unassigned	Tasks the engine couldn't place, each with a reason code.
Polyline	The geometric path between stops (when `polylineType` ≠ `none`).