Virtual production line based WIP control for semiconductor manufacturing systems

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 165-178

  Qiu, Robin G ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed computing; Process flow; Production transition; Virtual production line; Work in process

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; PROCESS CONTROL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SPECIFICATIONS; SYNCHRONIZATION; VIRTUAL REALITY;

PROCESS FLOW; PRODUCTION TRANSITION; VIRTUAL PRODUCTION LINE (VPL); WORK-IN-PROCESS (WIP) CONTROL SYSTEM;

SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

EID: 11844279037     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2003.12.004     Document Type: Article

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