• DocumentCode
    2233454
  • Title

    Reinforcement learning approach to re-entrant manufacturing system scheduling

  • Author

    Liu, Chang-chun ; Jin, Hui-yu ; Tian, Yu ; Yu, Hai-Bin

  • Author_Institution
    Shenyang Inst. of Autom., Chinese Acad. of Sci., Shenyang, China
  • Volume
    3
  • fYear
    2001
  • fDate
    2001
  • Firstpage
    280
  • Abstract
    In this paper, we focus on the problem of optimally scheduling a closed re-entrant system with one type of parts and two service centers, each of which consisting of one machine. An algorithm based on reinforcement learning is proposed. The results of the experiments indicate that reinforcement learning can outperform some familiar heuristic methods and is closed to the workload balancing policy
  • Keywords
    computer aided production planning; dynamic programming; learning (artificial intelligence); production control; dynamic programming; heuristic methods; reentrant manufacturing system; reinforcement learning; scheduling; temporal difference learning; workload balancing policy; Cities and towns; Dynamic programming; Heuristic algorithms; Job shop scheduling; Learning; Manufacturing automation; Manufacturing systems; Scheduling algorithm; Semiconductor device manufacture; Uncertainty;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Info-tech and Info-net, 2001. Proceedings. ICII 2001 - Beijing. 2001 International Conferences on
  • Conference_Location
    Beijing
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-7010-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICII.2001.983070
  • Filename
    983070