PC-Gym: Benchmark Environments For Process Control Problems

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Autori principali: Bloor, Maximilian, Torraca, José, Sandoval, Ilya Orson, Ahmed, Akhil, White, Martha, Mercangöz, Mehmet, Tsay, Calvin, Chanona, Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio, Mowbray, Max
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author Bloor, Maximilian
Torraca, José
Sandoval, Ilya Orson
Ahmed, Akhil
White, Martha
Mercangöz, Mehmet
Tsay, Calvin
Chanona, Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio
Mowbray, Max
author_facet Bloor, Maximilian
Torraca, José
Sandoval, Ilya Orson
Ahmed, Akhil
White, Martha
Mercangöz, Mehmet
Tsay, Calvin
Chanona, Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio
Mowbray, Max
contents PC-Gym is an open-source tool for developing and evaluating reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms in chemical process control. It features environments that simulate various chemical processes, incorporating nonlinear dynamics, disturbances, and constraints. The tool includes customizable constraint handling, disturbance generation, reward function design, and enables comparison of RL algorithms against Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) across different scenarios. Case studies demonstrate the framework's effectiveness in evaluating RL approaches for systems like continuously stirred tank reactors, multistage extraction processes, and crystallization reactors. The results reveal performance gaps between RL algorithms and NMPC oracles, highlighting areas for improvement and enabling benchmarking. By providing a standardized platform, PC-Gym aims to accelerate research at the intersection of machine learning, control, and process systems engineering. By connecting theoretical RL advances with practical industrial process control applications, offering researchers a tool for exploring data-driven control solutions.
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spellingShingle PC-Gym: Benchmark Environments For Process Control Problems
Bloor, Maximilian
Torraca, José
Sandoval, Ilya Orson
Ahmed, Akhil
White, Martha
Mercangöz, Mehmet
Tsay, Calvin
Chanona, Ehecatl Antonio Del Rio
Mowbray, Max
Systems and Control
PC-Gym is an open-source tool for developing and evaluating reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms in chemical process control. It features environments that simulate various chemical processes, incorporating nonlinear dynamics, disturbances, and constraints. The tool includes customizable constraint handling, disturbance generation, reward function design, and enables comparison of RL algorithms against Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC) across different scenarios. Case studies demonstrate the framework's effectiveness in evaluating RL approaches for systems like continuously stirred tank reactors, multistage extraction processes, and crystallization reactors. The results reveal performance gaps between RL algorithms and NMPC oracles, highlighting areas for improvement and enabling benchmarking. By providing a standardized platform, PC-Gym aims to accelerate research at the intersection of machine learning, control, and process systems engineering. By connecting theoretical RL advances with practical industrial process control applications, offering researchers a tool for exploring data-driven control solutions.
title PC-Gym: Benchmark Environments For Process Control Problems
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.22093