Capacity expansion and allocation for a semiconductor testing facility under constrained budget

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 429-437

  Wang, Kung Jeng ^a   Lin, Sheng Hsiu ^a  

^a CHUNG YUAN CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Capacity expansion and allocation; Evolutional computation; Semiconductor; Wafer and chip testing

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONTROL; CONSTRAINT THEORY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INVESTMENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE TESTING; SILICON WAFERS;

CAPACITY ALLOCATION; CAPACITY EXPANSION; CONSTRAINED BUDGET;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036658162     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280110121082     Document Type: Article

References (11)

1. Bard, J.F., Srinivasan, K., and Tirupati, D., 1999, An optimization approach to capacity expansion in semiconductor manufacturing facilities. International Journal of Production Research, 37, (15), 3359-3382.
2. Bashyam, T. C. A., 1996, Competitive capacity expansion under demand uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 95, (1), 89-114.
3. David, E., 1953, Genetic Algorithm in Search, Optimization and Machine Learning (New York: Addison-Wesley).
4. Holland, H.H., 1975, Adaptation in Natural and Artificial Systems (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press).
5. Hung, Y.F., and Leachman, R.C., 1996, A production planning methodology for semiconductor manufacturing based on interactive simulation and linear programming calculations. IEEE Transactions on Semiconductor Manufacturing, 9, (2), 257-269.
6. Hung, Y.F., and Wang, Q.Z., 1997, A new formulation technique for alternative material planning-an approach for semiconductor bin allocation planning. Computer and Industrial Engineering, 32,(2), 281-297.
7. Leachman, R.C., and Carmon, T., 1992, On capacity modelling for production planning with alternative machines. IIE Transactions, 24, (4), 62-72.
8. Mitsuo, G., and Runwei, C., 2000, Genetic Algorithms and Engineering Optimization (New York: Wiley).
9. Swaminathan, J.M., 2000, Tool capacity planning for semiconductor fabrication facilities under demand uncertainty. European Journal of Operational Research, 120, 545-558.
10. Thompson, M., 1995, Using simulation-based finite capacity planning and scheduling software to improve cycle time in front end operations. 6th SEMI/IEEE Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing Conference and Workshop Nov. 13-15 (Cambridge MA), pp. 131-135.
11. Tiwari, M.K., and Vidyarth, N.K., 2000, Solving machine loading problems in a flexible manufacturing system using a genetic algorithm based heuristic approach. International Journal of Production Research, 38,(14), 3357-3384.