Patent ID: 6957114

Claim:
A resource allocator operable to allocate a plurality of multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a process system in semiconductor wafer fabrication, said process system capable of executing at least one application process, said resource allocator comprising: a monitoring controller that monitors measurable characteristics associated with said at least one executing application process, said plurality of multi-function resources, and said plurality of tasks, wherein each of said measurable characteristics comprises one of: a status characteristic and a logistical characteristic; a model of said process system representing mathematically said plurality of multi-function resources and said plurality of tasks, and defining relationships among related ones thereof as a function of said at least one application process; a resource allocation controller that operates said model in response to ones of said monitored measurable characteristics to allocate ones of said plurality of multi-function resources among ones of said plurality of tasks within said process system to efficiently execute said at least one application process; and a compliance-monitoring viewer operable to display process system information to illustrate compliance.