Minimum inventory variability schedule with applications in semiconductor fabrication

IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 145-149

  Li, Shu ^a   Tang, Tom ^b   Collins, Donald W ^c  

^a HONEYWELL   (United States)

^b United Parcel Service International Inc   (Taiwan)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; SCHEDULING; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MODELS;

MINIMUM INVENTORY VARIABILITY SCHEDULE (MIVS);

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0030084325     PISSN: 08946507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/66.484296     Document Type: Article

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