Agent-based scheduling mechanism for semiconductor manufacturing systems with temporal constraints

IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2005

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1123-1128

  Yoon, Hyun Joong ^a   Shen, Weiming ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hard temporal constraints; Multi agent systems; Real time scheduling; Semiconductor manufacturing system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; CONSTRAINT THEORY; POLYNOMIALS; SCHEDULING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

HARD TEMPORAL CONSTRAINTS; REAL-TIME SCHEDULING; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING SYSTEM;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 27744525313     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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