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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 18, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Alexander J. Pasadyn, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Advances Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; G05B 1/304 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/900 ; G05B 1/304 ;
Abstract
A method for scheduling activities in a manufacturing system includes defining a plurality of observed states associated with the manufacturing system. State estimates are generated for the observed states. Uncertainty values for the state estimates are generated. A plurality of candidate schedules for performing activities in the manufacturing system is identified. Changes to the uncertainty values are predicted based on the candidate schedules. One of the candidate schedules is selected based on the predicted changes to the uncertainty values.