Control of a bioreactor using a new partially supervised reinforcement learning algorithm

BJ Pandian, MM Noel - Journal of Process Control, 2018 - Elsevier
In recent years, researchers have explored the application of Reinforcement Learning (RL)
and Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) to the control of complex nonlinear and time varying …

A practically implementable reinforcement learning‐based process controller design

H Hassanpour, X Wang, B Corbett, P Mhaskar - AIChE Journal, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The present article enables reinforcement learning (RL)‐based controllers for process
control applications. Existing instances of RL‐based solutions have significant challenges …

A review on reinforcement learning: Introduction and applications in industrial process control

R Nian, J Liu, B Huang - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, reinforcement learning (RL) has attracted significant attention from both
industry and academia due to its success in solving some complex problems. This paper …

Model based control of a yeast fermentation bioreactor using optimally designed artificial neural networks

ZK Nagy - Chemical engineering journal, 2007 - Elsevier
Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) have been used for a wide variety of chemical applications
because of their ability to learn system features. This paper presents the use of feedforward …

Reinforcement learning–overview of recent progress and implications for process control

TA Badgwell, JH Lee, KH Liu - Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper provides a brief introduction to Reinforcement Learning (RL) technology,
summarizes recent developments in this area, and discusses their potential implications for …

On-line tuning of a neural PID controller based on plant hybrid modeling

A Andrášik, A Mészáros, SF de Azevedo - Computers & Chemical …, 2004 - Elsevier
In this paper, a new control technique for nonlinear control based on hybrid neural modeling
is proposed. For neural network training, a variant of the well-known gradient steepest …

Reinforcement learning–overview of recent progress and implications for process control

J Shin, TA Badgwell, KH Liu, JH Lee - Computers & Chemical Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper provides an introduction to Reinforcement Learning (RL) technology,
summarizes recent developments in this area, and discusses their potential implications for …

Using process data to generate an optimal control policy via apprenticeship and reinforcement learning

M Mowbray, R Smith, EA Del Rio‐Chanona… - AIChE …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a data‐driven approach to synthesizing an optimal control
policy. A barrier to wide implementation of RL‐based controllers is its data‐hungry nature …

A model-based deep reinforcement learning method applied to finite-horizon optimal control of nonlinear control-affine system

JW Kim, BJ Park, H Yoo, TH Oh, JH Lee… - Journal of Process Control, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman (HJB) equation can be solved to obtain optimal
closed-loop control policies for general nonlinear systems. As it is seldom possible to solve …

Model‐based reinforcement learning for nonlinear optimal control with practical asymptotic stability guarantees

Y Kim, JM Lee - AIChE Journal, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
We propose a new reinforcement learning approach for nonlinear optimal control where the
value function is updated as restricted to control Lyapunov function (CLF) and the policy is …