Lot release policies, ie, the decision which lots to start in production, in what quantity and at
what time, have a significant influence on fab performance. Recent research focused on …

Release control plays an important role on the performance of a semiconductor wafer
fabrication facility. Comparing to common release control strategies (such as FIFO, EDD, SA …

This contribution presents an industry case study as well as an analysis of the state-of-the-
art in science concerning order release methods in wafer manufacturing in the …

Re-entrant manufacturing systems have a variety of complicated characteristics, including
large-scale, multi-objective, high uncertainty, and unbalanced loading. Due to the ambiguity …

Semiconductor manufacturing system is known as the most complex manufacturing system
because of its complex reentrant process flow, mixed processing mode, high uncertainty and …

The process of wafer fabrication is arguably the most technologically complex stage in
semiconductor manufacturing. This manufacturing environment has a number of unusual …

Reentrant flow lines is a special type of production flow lines where a job may visit a
machine or group of machines more than once. This reentrancy characteristic results in …

The process of wafer fabrication is arguably the most technologically complex stage in
semiconductor manufacturing. This manufacturing environment has a number of unusual …