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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 30, 2002
Gustavo Mata, Austin, TX (US);
Steven C. Nettles, Johnson City, TX (US);
Larry D. Barto, Austin, TX (US);
Yiwei LI, Austin, TX (US);
Gustavo Mata, Austin, TX (US);
Steven C. Nettles, Johnson City, TX (US);
Larry D. Barto, Austin, TX (US);
Yiwei Li, Austin, TX (US);
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Austin, TX (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for scheduling in an automated manufacturing environment, comprising are disclosed. The method includes detecting an occurrence of a predetermined event in a process flow; notifying a software scheduling agent of the occurrence; and reactively scheduling an action from the software scheduling agent responsive to the detection of the predetermined event. The apparatus is automated manufacturing environment including a process flow and a computing system. The computing system further includes a plurality of software scheduling agents residing thereon, the software scheduling agents being capable of reactively scheduling appointments for activities in the process flow responsive to a plurality of predetermined events.