The application of a reinforcement learning agent to a multi-product manufacturing facility

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages 1229-1234

  Creighton, Douglas C ^a   Nahavandi, Saeid ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Economic lot size problem; Reinforcement learning; Schedule optimisation

Indexed keywords

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; ROBOTICS; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AGENT BASED SCHEDULING; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; LOT SIZE; OPTIMAL OPERATING POLICY; OPTIMISATIONS; PRODUCTION FACILITY; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AGENT; TOTAL PRODUCTION COST;

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

EID: 14944348455     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICIT.2002.1189350     Document Type: Conference Paper

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