Patent Document ID: 5408405
Application ID: 08124083
Patent Flag: 1

Claim One:
1. An automated system for controlling fabrication of a product, wherein said system includes a plurality of process control variables, said system comprising: a. sensors for measuring a plurality of quality parameters of said product; b. a memory for storing said plurality of quality parameters; c. means for administering statistical quality control tests on said plurality of quality parameters of said product; d. means for creating process models relating said plurality of quality parameters to said plurality of process control variables; e. means for analyzing said process models; f. means for tuning said process models so that said process models indicate which of said plurality of process control variables are in error; g. means for calculating new values of said plurality of process control variables by sequentially optimizing for a process goal; and h. means for resetting said plurality of process control variables with said new values.