title: Enhancing scheduling performance for a wafer fabrication factory: the biobjective slack-diversifying nonlinear fluctuation-smoothing rule.
abstract: A biobjective slack-diversifying nonlinear fluctuation-smoothing rule (biSDNFS) is proposed in the present work to improve the scheduling performance of a wafer fabrication factory. This rule was derived from a one-factor bi-objective nonlinear fluctuation-smoothing rule (1f-biNFS) by dynamically maximizing the standard deviation of the slack, which has been shown to benefit scheduling performance by several previous studies. The efficacy of the biSDNFS was validated with a simulated case; evidence was found to support its effectiveness. We also suggested several directions in which it can be exploited in the future.
authors.affiliation: Department of Industrial Engineering and Systems Management, Feng Chia University, Taichung 40724, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Toly
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Yu Cheng
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D017711:Nonlinear Dynamics; D012666:Semiconductors; D018709:Statistics, Nonparametric; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013997:Time Factors; D057188:Workflow