Modelling and scheduling analysis of multi-cluster tools with residency constraints based on time constraint sets

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 51, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 4835-4852

  Liu, Ming Xiang ^a   Zhou, Bing Hai ^a  

^a TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

modelling; multi cluster tools; multiple wafer product types; residency constraints; scheduling; time constraint set

Indexed keywords

CONFIGURATION FLEXIBILITY; EFFECTIVE ALGORITHMS; MULTI-CLUSTER TOOLS; PRODUCT TYPES; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; RESIDENCY CONSTRAINTS; SCHEDULING ANALYSIS; TIME CONSTRAINT SETS;

DISCRETE COSINE TRANSFORMS; MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TOOLS;

CLUSTERING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84882451343     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2013.774490     Document Type: Article

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