Solving flexible job shop scheduling problems via deep reinforcement learning

E Yuan, L Wang, S Cheng, S Song, W Fan… - Expert Systems with …, 2024 - Elsevier
Flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSSP), as a variant of the job shop scheduling
problem, has a larger solution space. Researchers are always looking for good methods to …

Deep reinforcement learning for solving resource constrained project scheduling problems with resource disruptions

H Cai, Y Bian, L Liu - Robotics and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing, 2024 - Elsevier
The resource-constrained project scheduling problem (RCPSP) is encountered in many
fields, including manufacturing, supply chain, and construction. Nowadays, with the rapidly …

Hybrid quantum particle swarm optimization and variable neighborhood search for flexible job-shop scheduling problem

Y Xu, M Zhang, M Yang, D Wang - Journal of Manufacturing Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
The rise and integration of Industry 4.0 has led to a growing focus on the flexible job-shop
scheduling problem (FJSP). As an extension of the classic job-shop scheduling problem …

Design patterns of deep reinforcement learning models for job shop scheduling problems

S Wang, J Li, Q Jiao, F Ma - Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, 2024 - Springer
Production scheduling has a significant role when optimizing production objectives such as
production efficiency, resource utilization, cost control, energy-saving, and emission …

System-of-systems approach to spatio-temporal crowdsourcing design using improved PPO algorithm based on an invalid action masking

W Ding, Z Ming, G Wang, Y Yan - Knowledge-Based Systems, 2024 - Elsevier
Spatio-temporal crowdsourcing (STC) is a typical case of complex system-of-systems (SoSs)
design, wherein the primary objective is to allocate real-time tasks to suitable groups of …

Mixed-batch scheduling to minimize total tardiness using deep reinforcement learning

JD Huang - Applied Soft Computing, 2024 - Elsevier
This study addresses the issue of scheduling batch machine to minimize total tardiness.
Vacuum heat treatment allows multiple jobs to be processed as a batch, as long as they do …

Attention-based Reinforcement Learning for Combinatorial Optimization: Application to Job Shop Scheduling Problem

J Lee, S Kee, M Janakiram, G Runger - arXiv preprint arXiv:2401.16580, 2024 - arxiv.org
Job shop scheduling problems are one of the most important and challenging combinatorial
optimization problems that have been tackled mainly by exact or approximate solution …

Flow-Shop Scheduling Problem With Batch Processing Machines via Deep Reinforcement Learning for Industrial Internet of Things

Z Luo, C Jiang, L Liu, X Zheng… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The rapidly evolving Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) is driving the transition from
conventional manufacturing to intelligent manufacturing. Intelligent shop scheduling, as one …

An online hyper‐volume action bounding approach for accelerating the process of deep reinforcement learning from multiple controllers

A Aflakian, A Rastegarpanah… - Journal of Field …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This paper fuses ideas from reinforcement learning (RL), Learning from Demonstration
(LfD), and Ensemble Learning into a single paradigm. Knowledge from a mixture of control …

[PDF][PDF] An actor-critic framework based on deep reinforcement learning for addressing flexible job shop scheduling problems

C Zhao, N Deng - Mathematical Biosciences and Engineering, 2024 - aimspress.com
With the rise of Industry 4.0, manufacturing is shifting towards customization and flexibility,
presenting new challenges to meet rapidly evolving market and customer needs. To address …