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: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
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
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
arXiv:2608. 15041v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Coordinating multiple interacting units in complex engineering systems is challenging when system interactions are difficult to model, operational information is heterogeneous, and low-level actions must satisfy strict constraints.
By Changhong He, Jinda Gao, Xinkuan Liu, Le Zhang, Xizi Luo, Yu Mei
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
arXiv:2607. 07252v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) enables the synthesis of control policies directly from data, making it highly appealing for complex cyber-physical systems (CPSs) and robotics.
By Georg Sch\"afer, Jakob Rehrl, Stefan Huber, Simon Hirlaender
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
arXiv:2605. 04568v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: State-of-the-art model-based Reinforcement Learning (RL) approaches either use gradient-free, population-based methods for planning, learned policy networks, or a combination of policy networks and planning.
By Jonathan Spieler, Sven Behnke
Reinforcement learning (RL) enables the synthesis of control policies directly from data, making it highly appealing for complex cyber-physical systems (CPSs) and robotics. A persistent challenge, however, is ensuring strict, hard safety constraints during the active learning phase.
arXiv:2607. 20656v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Effective decision-making in complex and changing environments requires balancing short-term and long-term consequences.
By Manoosh Samiei, Doina Precup, Paul Masset
arXiv:2604. 12474v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: In many robotic tasks, agents must traverse a sequence of spatial regions to complete a mission.
By Lidor Erez, Shahaf S. Shperberg, Ayal Taitler