Deep reinforcement learning in smart manufacturing: A review and prospects

C Li, P Zheng, Y Yin, B Wang, L Wang - CIRP Journal of Manufacturing …, 2023 - Elsevier
To facilitate the personalized smart manufacturing paradigm with cognitive automation
capabilities, Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has attracted ever-increasing attention by …

Resource scheduling in edge computing: A survey

Q Luo, S Hu, C Li, G Li, W Shi - IEEE Communications Surveys …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
With the proliferation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and the wide penetration of wireless
networks, the surging demand for data communications and computing calls for the …

Machine Learning for industrial applications: A comprehensive literature review

M Bertolini, D Mezzogori, M Neroni… - Expert Systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine Learning (ML) is a branch of artificial intelligence that studies algorithms
able to learn autonomously, directly from the input data. Over the last decade, ML …

Industrial applications of digital twins

Y Jiang, S Yin, K Li, H Luo… - … Transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
A digital twin (DT) is classically defined as the virtual replica of a real-world product, system,
being, communities, even cities that are continuously updated with data from its physical …

A reinforcement learning based RMOEA/D for bi-objective fuzzy flexible job shop scheduling

R Li, W Gong, C Lu - Expert Systems with Applications, 2022 - Elsevier
The flexible job shop scheduling problem (FJSP) is significant for realistic manufacturing.
However, the job processing time usually is uncertain and changeable during …

Learning to dispatch for job shop scheduling via deep reinforcement learning

C Zhang, W Song, Z Cao, J Zhang… - Advances in neural …, 2020 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Priority dispatching rule (PDR) is widely used for solving real-world Job-shop scheduling
problem (JSSP). However, the design of effective PDRs is a tedious task, requiring a myriad …

A multi-action deep reinforcement learning framework for flexible Job-shop scheduling problem

K Lei, P Guo, W Zhao, Y Wang, L Qian, X Meng… - Expert Systems with …, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper presents an end-to-end deep reinforcement framework to automatically learn a
policy for solving a flexible Job-shop scheduling problem (FJSP) using a graph neural …

Dynamic job shop scheduling based on deep reinforcement learning for multi-agent manufacturing systems

Y Zhang, H Zhu, D Tang, T Zhou, Y Gui - Robotics and Computer-Integrated …, 2022 - Elsevier
Personalized orders bring challenges to the production paradigm, and there is an urgent
need for the dynamic responsiveness and self-adjustment ability of the workshop …

A review of reinforcement learning based intelligent optimization for manufacturing scheduling

L Wang, Z Pan, J Wang - Complex System Modeling and …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As the critical component of manufacturing systems, production scheduling aims to optimize
objectives in terms of profit, efficiency, and energy consumption by reasonably determining …

Deep reinforcement learning in production systems: a systematic literature review

M Panzer, B Bender - International Journal of Production Research, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Shortening product development cycles and fully customisable products pose major
challenges for production systems. These not only have to cope with an increased product …