A queueing network approximation of semiconductor automated material handling systems: How much information do we really need?

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn 2, Issue , 2004, Pages 1956-1961

  Roeder, Theresa M ^a   Govind, Nirmal ^b   Schruben, Lee W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INTEL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND OPERATIONS RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; AUTOMATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; ROUTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE MANUFACTURE;

AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS (AMHS); CONGESTED SYSTEMS; FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS (FMS); SCHEDULING SIMULATION PACKAGES;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

EID: 17744394327     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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