Reinforcement learning for logistics and supply chain management: Methodologies, state of the art, and future opportunities

Y Yan, AHF Chow, CP Ho, YH Kuo, Q Wu… - … Research Part E …, 2022 - Elsevier
With advances in technologies, data science techniques, and computing equipment, there
has been rapidly increasing interest in the applications of reinforcement learning (RL) to …

A review on learning to solve combinatorial optimisation problems in manufacturing

C Zhang, Y Wu, Y Ma, W Song, Z Le… - IET Collaborative …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
An efficient manufacturing system is key to maintaining a healthy economy today. With the
rapid development of science and technology and the progress of human society, the …

Modified adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm and its application for solving path planning of mobile robot

L Wu, X Huang, J Cui, C Liu, W Xiao - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
As the key point for auto-navigation of mobile robot, path planning is a research hotspot in
the field of robot. Generally, the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is one of the …

Large-scale dynamic scheduling for flexible job-shop with random arrivals of new jobs by hierarchical reinforcement learning

K Lei, P Guo, Y Wang, J Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the intelligent manufacturing paradigm evolves, it is urgent to design a near real-time
decision-making framework for handling the uncertainty and complexity of production line …

Deep reinforcement learning for the dynamic and uncertain vehicle routing problem

W Pan, SQ Liu - Applied Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
Accurate and real-time tracking for real-world urban logistics has become a popular
research topic in the field of intelligent transportation. While the routing of urban logistic …

Solving combinatorial optimization problems over graphs with BERT-Based Deep Reinforcement Learning

Q Wang, KH Lai, C Tang - Information Sciences, 2023 - Elsevier
Combinatorial optimization, such as vehicle routing and traveling salesman problems for
graphs, is NP-hard and has been studied for decades. Many methods have been proposed …

Machine learning approach for truck-drones based last-mile delivery in the era of industry 4.0

A Arishi, K Krishnan, M Arishi - Engineering Applications of Artificial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Under the vision of industry 4.0, the integration of drones in last-mile delivery can transform
traditional delivery practices and provide competitive advantages. However, the …

Efficient meta neural heuristic for multi-objective combinatorial optimization

J Chen, J Wang, Z Zhang, Z Cao… - Advances in Neural …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Recently, neural heuristics based on deep reinforcement learning have exhibited promise in
solving multi-objective combinatorial optimization problems (MOCOPs). However, they are …

Smart visual sensing for overcrowding in COVID-19 infected cities using modified deep transfer learning

K Rezaee, HG Zadeh, C Chakraborty… - IEEE Transactions …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Currently, COVID-19 is circulating in crowded places as an infectious disease. COVID-19
can be prevented from spreading rapidly in crowded areas by implementing multiple …

Generative ai and process systems engineering: The next frontier

B Decardi-Nelson, AS Alshehri, A Ajagekar… - Computers & Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
This review article explores how emerging generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) models,
such as large language models (LLMs), can enhance solution methodologies within process …