Scalable Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Factory-wide Dynamic Scheduling
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| author | Jang, Jaeyeon Klabjan, Diego Liu, Han Patel, Nital S. Li, Xiuqi Ananthanarayanan, Balakrishnan Dauod, Husam Juang, Tzung-Han |
| author_facet | Jang, Jaeyeon Klabjan, Diego Liu, Han Patel, Nital S. Li, Xiuqi Ananthanarayanan, Balakrishnan Dauod, Husam Juang, Tzung-Han |
| contents | Real-time dynamic scheduling is a crucial but notoriously challenging task in modern manufacturing processes due to its high decision complexity. Recently, reinforcement learning (RL) has been gaining attention as an impactful technique to handle this challenge. However, classical RL methods typically rely on human-made dispatching rules, which are not suitable for large-scale factory-wide scheduling. To bridge this gap, this paper applies a leader-follower multi-agent RL (MARL) concept to obtain desired coordination after decomposing the scheduling problem into a set of sub-problems that are handled by each individual agent for scalability. We further strengthen the procedure by proposing a rule-based conversion algorithm to prevent catastrophic loss of production capacity due to an agent's error. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art deep RL-based scheduling models in various aspects. Additionally, the proposed model provides the most robust scheduling performance to demand changes. Overall, the proposed MARL-based scheduling model presents a promising solution to the real-time scheduling problem, with potential applications in various manufacturing industries. |
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| spellingShingle | Scalable Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Factory-wide Dynamic Scheduling Jang, Jaeyeon Klabjan, Diego Liu, Han Patel, Nital S. Li, Xiuqi Ananthanarayanan, Balakrishnan Dauod, Husam Juang, Tzung-Han Multiagent Systems Artificial Intelligence Real-time dynamic scheduling is a crucial but notoriously challenging task in modern manufacturing processes due to its high decision complexity. Recently, reinforcement learning (RL) has been gaining attention as an impactful technique to handle this challenge. However, classical RL methods typically rely on human-made dispatching rules, which are not suitable for large-scale factory-wide scheduling. To bridge this gap, this paper applies a leader-follower multi-agent RL (MARL) concept to obtain desired coordination after decomposing the scheduling problem into a set of sub-problems that are handled by each individual agent for scalability. We further strengthen the procedure by proposing a rule-based conversion algorithm to prevent catastrophic loss of production capacity due to an agent's error. Our experimental results demonstrate that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art deep RL-based scheduling models in various aspects. Additionally, the proposed model provides the most robust scheduling performance to demand changes. Overall, the proposed MARL-based scheduling model presents a promising solution to the real-time scheduling problem, with potential applications in various manufacturing industries. |
| title | Scalable Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning for Factory-wide Dynamic Scheduling |
| topic | Multiagent Systems Artificial Intelligence |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.13571 |