An analytical model for conveyor based AMHS in semiconductor wafer fabs

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2148-2155

  Nazzal, Dima ^a   Johnson, Andrew ^b   Carlo, Hector J ^c   Jimenez, Jesus A ^d  

^a University of Central Florida   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^d Texas State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACHES; ANALYTICAL MODELS; AUTOMATED MATERIAL HANDLING SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL EXAMPLES; QUEUING MODELS; REASONABLE ACCURACIES; SEMI-CONDUCTOR WAFERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING; WORK IN PROCESS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONVEYORS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; QUEUEING NETWORKS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SYSTEM STABILITY;

MATERIALS HANDLING;

EID: 60749108614     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736313     Document Type: Conference Paper

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