arXiv AI

Factorized Scheduling Principle: Learning Interpretable and Transferable Policies via Structured Additive Functions

arXiv AI
Aug 17

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.

By Arne Kr\"oger, Ralf Buscherm\"ohle, Wilhelm Hasselbring, Henrik Wilbers
arXiv AI
Aug 25

iScheduler: Reinforcement Learning-Driven Continual Optimization for Large-Scale Resource Investment Problems

iScheduler is a reinforcement‑learning‑driven framework that tackles large‑scale Resource Investment Problems (RIP) by modeling them as a Markov decision process over decomposed subproblems and building schedules through sequential process selection. The approach speeds up optimization and allows efficient reconfiguration by reusing unchanged process schedules and only rescheduling affected processes. Using the new L‑RIPLIB benchmark, iScheduler achieves competitive resource costs while cutting time to feasibility by up to 43× compared to leading solver‑backed baselines.

By Yi-Xiang Hu, Yuke Wang, Feng Wu, Zirui Huang, Shuli Zeng, Xiang-Yang Li
arXiv AI
Sep 17

Variational Approach for Job Shop Scheduling

The paper introduces Variational Graph-to-Scheduler (VG2S), a framework that applies variational inference to the Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP). By decoupling representation learning from policy optimization using a variational graph encoder and an ELBO-based objective, VG2S improves training stability and robustness to hyperparameter changes. Experiments show that VG2S outperforms state‑of‑the‑art deep reinforcement learning baselines and traditional dispatching rules, especially on large‑scale benchmark instances such as DMU and SWV.

By Seung Heon Oh, Jiwon Baek, Hyunjin Oh, Kiyoung Cho, Heechang Yoon, Jong Hun Woo
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 17

OmniPlan: An Adaptive Framework for Timely and Near-Optimal Network Planning Optimization

arXiv:2606. 18105v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Network planning optimization is a fundamental problem across diverse domains, including transportation systems, communication networks, and power grids.

By Longlong Zhu, Jiashuo Yu, Zedi Chen, Yuhan Wu, Zhifan Jiang, Yuchen Xian, Yimeng Liu, Jiajie Su, Shaopeng Zhou, Xingyuan Li, Hongyan Liu, Xuan Liu, Dong Zhang, Chunming Wu, Xiang Chen