Cyclic multi-hoist scheduling with fuzzy processing times in flexible manufacturing lines

A Ptuskin, E Levner, V Kats - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
This work addresses the problem of scheduling multiple hoists (robots), which arises on real
automated electroplating lines. Several hoists operate on a shared track and should not …

Scheduling single-arm multi-cluster tools connected by one-space buffer modules beyond the schedulability assumption

X Li, X Qian - Flexible Services and Manufacturing Journal, 2024 - Springer
Multi-cluster tools are increasingly being adopted for wafer production in semiconductor
fabrications. The current paper deals with single-armed linear multi-cluster tools connected …