Patent ID: 6961634

Claim:
A resource allocator operable to allocate a plurality of multi-function resources among a plurality of tasks within a wetdeck process system in semiconductor wafer fabrication, said wetdeck 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 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 wetdeck 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; and a resource allocation controller that operates said model in response to ones of said monitored measurable characteristics and that allocates ones of said plurality of multi-function resources among ones of said plurality of tasks within said wetdeck process system to efficiently execute said at least one application process.