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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2013
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2010
Charles Archie, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Andrew Brendler, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Dmitriy Shneyder, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Eric Solecky, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Charles Archie, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Andrew Brendler, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Dmitriy Shneyder, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Eric Solecky, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method for monitoring a fleet comprising a plurality of measurement tools includes collecting data for a current time interval from the fleet by a data collection module; and performing fleet measurement precision (FMP)/tool matching precision (TMP) analysis on the collected data by a FMP/TMP analysis module, wherein FMP/TMP analysis comprises determining a TMP for each of the plurality of measurement tools using a static and a dynamic benchmark measuring system (BMS); and determining a FMP for the fleet using the static and the dynamic BMS; and determining if the FMP is above a predetermined threshold by a fleet improvement module, and in the event the FMP is above the predetermined threshold, identifying at least one tool of the plurality of tools as poorly performing based on the TMPs; and flagging the identified at least one tool for improvement.