Reinforcement learning applied to production planning and control

A Esteso, D Peidro, J Mula… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The objective of this paper is to examine the use and applications of reinforcement learning
(RL) techniques in the production planning and control (PPC) field addressing the following …

Combinatorial optimization and reasoning with graph neural networks

Q Cappart, D Chételat, EB Khalil, A Lodi… - Journal of Machine …, 2023 - jmlr.org
Combinatorial optimization is a well-established area in operations research and computer
science. Until recently, its methods have focused on solving problem instances in isolation …

A survey for solving mixed integer programming via machine learning

J Zhang, C Liu, X Li, HL Zhen, M Yuan, Y Li, J Yan - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Machine learning (ML) has been recently introduced to solving optimization
problems, especially for combinatorial optimization (CO) tasks. In this paper, we survey the …

[HTML][HTML] A deep reinforcement learning hyper-heuristic with feature fusion for online packing problems

C Tu, R Bai, U Aickelin, Y Zhang, H Du - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
In recent years, deep reinforcement learning has shown great potential in solving computer
games with sequential decision-making scenarios. Hyper-heuristic is a generic search …

[HTML][HTML] An analysis of multi-agent reinforcement learning for decentralized inventory control systems

M Mousa, D van de Berg, N Kotecha… - Computers & Chemical …, 2024 - Elsevier
Most solutions to the inventory management problem assume a centralization of information
that is incompatible with organizational constraints in supply chain networks. The problem …

Algorithmic approaches to inventory management optimization

HD Perez, CD Hubbs, C Li, IE Grossmann - Processes, 2021 - mdpi.com
An inventory management problem is addressed for a make-to-order supply chain that has
inventory holding and/or manufacturing locations at each node. The lead times between …

Rl4co: an extensive reinforcement learning for combinatorial optimization benchmark

F Berto, C Hua, J Park, L Luttmann, Y Ma, F Bu… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
We introduce RL4CO, an extensive reinforcement learning (RL) for combinatorial
optimization (CO) benchmark. RL4CO employs state-of-the-art software libraries as well as …

Deep reinforcement learning assisted genetic programming ensemble hyper-heuristics for dynamic scheduling of container port trucks

X Chen, R Bai, R Qu, J Dong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Efficient truck dispatching is crucial for optimizing container terminal operations within
dynamic and complex scenarios. Despite good progress being made recently with more …

Adaptive supply chain: Demand–supply synchronization using deep reinforcement learning

Z Kegenbekov, I Jackson - Algorithms, 2021 - mdpi.com
Adaptive and highly synchronized supply chains can avoid a cascading rise-and-fall
inventory dynamic and mitigate ripple effects caused by operational failures. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] Combining deep reinforcement learning and multi-stage stochastic programming to address the supply chain inventory management problem

F Stranieri, E Fadda, F Stella - International Journal of Production …, 2024 - Elsevier
We introduce a novel heuristic designed to address the supply chain inventory management
problem in the context of a two-echelon divergent supply chain. The proposed heuristic …