Performance of a Serial-Batch Processor System with Incompatible Job Families under Simple Control Policies

A typical example of a batch processor is the diffusion furnace used in wafer fabrication facilities (otherwise known as wafer fabs). In diffusion, silicon wafers are placed inside the furnace, and dopant is flown through the wafers via nitrogen gas. The higher the temperature, the faster the dopant...

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Main Authors: Tajan, John Benedict Cheng, Appa Iyer, Sivakumar, Gershwin, Stanley B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2005
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/29835