arXiv AI

Reinforcement Learning-Based Production Scheduling in an Industry-Based Coating Scenario Using the Digital Model Playground

arXiv:2608. 14122v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Production scheduling in complex manufacturing environments is challenging when sequence-dependent setup times, stochastic disturbances, and due-date constraints must be addressed simultaneously.

arXiv AI

Jun 10

Event-Driven Reinforcement Learning Enables Long-Horizon Control in Semiconductor Fabrication

arXiv:2606. 10705v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning promises to optimize sequential decisions in large-scale systems.

By Yavar Yeganeh, Mahsa Shekari, Nicla Frigerio, Daniele Pagano, Andrea Matta

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arXiv AI

Jul 7

A Sliding-Window-Based Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Assembly Flow Shop Scheduling with Multi-Product Delivery

arXiv:2607. 02941v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-product kitting delivery imposes significant challenges for real-time scheduling in hybrid manufacturing systems that integrate processing and assembly, as dynamic order arrivals simultaneously alter supply dependencies and the set of feasible job-machine assignments.

By Junhao Qiu, Jianjun Liu, Ting Liu, Rongjie Liao, Zhantao Li, Qingfu Zhang

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arXiv Machine Learning

Aug 10

The Challenges of Using Reinforcement Learning for Controlling Industrial Energy Systems

arXiv:2605. 31044v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement learning has shown promising results for optimizing the control of industrial energy systems, yet most existing studies remain limited to the application in simulation environments.

By Tobias Lademann, Th\'eo Vincent, Jan Peters, Matthias Weigold

reinforcement-learning

arXiv AI

Jul 14

Time-Lag-Aware Deep Reinforcement Learning for Flexible Job-Shop Scheduling in PPVC Module Factories

arXiv:2607. 11725v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction moves most building work into module factories, whose production floor operates as a flexible job shop.

By Ziheng Zhang, Wei Zhang

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arXiv AI

Jun 6

Learning to replenish: A hybrid deep reinforcement learning for dynamic inventory management in the pharmaceutical supply chains

arXiv:2606. 06201v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Pharmaceutical supply chains (PSCs) struggle with inventory management (IM) due to unpredictable demand patterns and variable lead times associated with restocking.

By Amandeep Kaur, Gyan Prakash

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arXiv AI

Jun 11

Generalizing Beyond Suboptimality: Offline Reinforcement Learning Learns Effective Scheduling through Random Solutions

arXiv:2509. 10303v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Online reinforcement learning (RL) approaches have demonstrated strong performance on Job Shop Scheduling (JSP) and Flexible JSP (FJSP) problems by learning scheduling policies through direct interaction with simulated environments.

By Jesse van Remmerden, Zaharah Bukhsh, Yingqian Zhang

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arXiv AI

Jun 15

Scalable Production Scheduling: Linear Complexity via Unified Homogeneous Graphs

arXiv:2604. 23841v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Efficiently solving the Job Shop Scheduling Problem in real-world industrial applications requires policies that are both computationally lean and topologically robust.

By Jonathan Hoss, Moritz Link, Noah Klarmann

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arXiv AI

Jun 15

An Analysis of the Coordination Gap between Joint and Modular Learning for Job Shop Scheduling with Transportation Resources

arXiv:2604. 24117v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Efficient job-shop scheduling with transportation resources is critical for high-performance manufacturing.

By Moritz Link, Jonathan Hoss, Noah Klarmann

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arXiv Machine Learning

Aug 4

Hard Constraints, Smooth Gradients: Learning Feasible Inventory Policies via Differentiable Projection

arXiv:2608. 02343v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Many operational problems are constrained sequential decision processes with large, combinatorial action spaces and interdependent feasibility constraints.

By Patrick Helm, Jan-Niklas Doerr, Joren Gijsbrechts, Stefan Minner

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jul 17

SafeOR-Gym: A Benchmark Suite for Safe Reinforcement Learning Algorithms on Practical Operations Research Problems

arXiv:2506. 02255v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Most existing safe reinforcement learning (RL) benchmarks focus on robotics and control tasks, offering limited relevance to high-stakes domains that involve structured constraints, mixed-integer decisions, and industrial complexity.

By Asha Ramanujam (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN), Adam Elyoumi (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN), Hao Chen (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN), Sai Madhukiran Kompalli (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN), Akshdeep Singh Ahluwalia (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN), Shraman Pal (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN), Dimitri J. Papageorgiou (Energy Sciences, ExxonMobil Technology and Engineering Company, Annandale, NJ), Can Li (Davidson School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN)

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arXiv Machine Learning

Jun 9

Deep reinforcement learning for process design: Review and perspective

arXiv:2308. 07822v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The transformation towards renewable energy and feedstock supply in the chemical industry requires new conceptual process design approaches.

By Qinghe Gao, Artur M. Schweidtmann

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arXiv AI

Jun 15

A Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)-Based Transformer Method for Solving the Open Shop Scheduling Problem

arXiv:2606. 13682v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The open shop scheduling problem (OSSP) arises in many industrial and service settings but remains computationally challenging as the number of jobs and machines increases.

By Faezeh Ardali, Mwembezi A. Nyelele, Gerald M. Knapp

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