Optimal scheduling of κ-unit production of cluster tools with single-blade robots

4th IEEE Conference on Automation Science and Engineering, CASE 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 335-340

  Victor Chan, Wai Kin ^a   Yi, Jingang ^b   Ding, Shengwei ^c   Song, Dezhen ^d  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UTC Aerospace Systems   (United States)

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

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLOW INTERACTIONS; ROBOTICS;

CLOSED-FORM; CLUSTER TOOLS; CYCLE TIMES; DECOUPLING; OPTIMAL PRODUCTIONS; OPTIMAL SCHEDULING; OPTIMALITY CONDITIONS; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 54949096231     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/COASE.2008.4626439     Document Type: Conference Paper

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