Predicting wafer-lot output time with a hybrid FCM-FBPN approach

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B: Cybernetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 784-793

  Chen, Toly ^a  

^a FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fuzzy backpropagation network (FBPN); Fuzzy c means (FCM); Output time prediction; Wafer fab

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FORECASTING; FUZZY NEURAL NETWORKS; TOPOLOGY;

CHEN'S FUZZY BACKPROPAGATION NETWORK; OUTPUT-TIME PREDICTION; WAFER FAB; WAFER-LOT OUTPUT-TIME PREDICTION;

BACKPROPAGATION;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; INDUSTRY; METHODOLOGY; SEMICONDUCTOR; TASK PERFORMANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY LOGIC; INDUSTRY; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEURAL NETWORKS (COMPUTER); SEMICONDUCTORS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547094355     PISSN: 10834419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCB.2007.895364     Document Type: Article

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