Application of stochastic real-valued reinforcement neural networks to batch production rescheduling

Proceedings of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, Part B: Journal of Engineering Manufacture

Volumn 211, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 591-603

  Heywood, M I ^a   Chan, M C ^a   Chatwin, C R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Batch production; Reinforcement learning; Rescheduling; Temporal difference learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; LEARNING SYSTEMS; NEURAL NETWORKS; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCHEDULING;

BATCH PRODUCTION RESCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC REAL VALUED REINFORCEMENT NEURAL NETWORKS; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCE LEARNING;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0031342241     PISSN: 09544054     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1243/0954405981516535     Document Type: Article

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