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Autores principales: Pramanik, Rudra, pramanik, sonjita
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Publicado: Zenodo 2025
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17812792
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author Pramanik, Rudra
pramanik, sonjita
author_facet Pramanik, Rudra
pramanik, sonjita
contents <p>Supply chain management faces increasing com-<br>plexity due to demand uncertainty, lead time variability, and<br>operational costs. This paper presents a deep reinforcement learn-<br>ing (RL) framework using Q-learning for optimizing inventory<br>management decisions in supply chain systems. We develop an<br>intelligent agent that learns optimal ordering policies by bal-<br>ancing holding costs, stockout penalties, and ordering expenses.<br>Using real-world retail transaction data, our experimental results<br>demonstrate that the RL-based approach achieves 23.4% cost<br>reduction compared to traditional constant ordering policies<br>and 15.8% improvement over threshold-based heuristics. The<br>proposed system achieves a 94.2% service level while maintaining<br>average inventory levels 18% lower than baseline methods.<br>Our findings suggest that RL-based approaches offer significant<br>potential for autonomous supply chain optimization, particularly<br>in dynamic demand environments.</p>
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spellingShingle Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Supply Chain Inventory Management: A Q-Learning Approach
Pramanik, Rudra
pramanik, sonjita
<p>Supply chain management faces increasing com-<br>plexity due to demand uncertainty, lead time variability, and<br>operational costs. This paper presents a deep reinforcement learn-<br>ing (RL) framework using Q-learning for optimizing inventory<br>management decisions in supply chain systems. We develop an<br>intelligent agent that learns optimal ordering policies by bal-<br>ancing holding costs, stockout penalties, and ordering expenses.<br>Using real-world retail transaction data, our experimental results<br>demonstrate that the RL-based approach achieves 23.4% cost<br>reduction compared to traditional constant ordering policies<br>and 15.8% improvement over threshold-based heuristics. The<br>proposed system achieves a 94.2% service level while maintaining<br>average inventory levels 18% lower than baseline methods.<br>Our findings suggest that RL-based approaches offer significant<br>potential for autonomous supply chain optimization, particularly<br>in dynamic demand environments.</p>
title Deep Reinforcement Learning for Intelligent Supply Chain Inventory Management: A Q-Learning Approach
url https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17812792