Transport control apparatus and transport control system including the same

A transport control system comprising:

• a plurality of transports, each of the plurality of transports transporting a carrier with a wafer loaded thereon;
• and
• a transport control apparatus controlling the plurality of transports and determining one of the plurality of transports as a target transport to which multiple jobs are to be assigned,
• wherein
• the transport control apparatus determines one of the plurality of transports as the target transport based on at least one of a first element, which is the availability of linkage transporting, and a second element, which is the likelihood of transport congestion,
• if the transport control apparatus determines one of the plurality of transports as the target transport based on the first element, the transport control apparatus determines a particular transport as the target transport by determining whether the multiple jobs are aligned in series on a traveling path of the particular transport based on traveling paths of the plurality of transports, and
• if the transport control apparatus determines one of the plurality of transports as the if the transport control apparatus determines one of the plurality of transports as the target transport based on the second element, the transport control apparatus determines the particular transport as the target transport by determining whether the particular transport can perform the multiple jobs in series, without causing transport congestion, based on the traveling paths of the plurality of transports.