Title
Multi-agent reinforcement learning based maintenance policy for a resource constrained flow line system
Abstract
This paper investigates the maintenance problem for a flow line system consisting of two series machines with an intermediate finite buffer in between. Both machines independently deteriorate as they operate, resulting in multiple yield levels. Resource constrained imperfect preventive maintenance actions may bring the machine back to a better state. The problem is modeled as a semi-Markov decision process. A distributed multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithm is proposed to solve the problem and to obtain the control-limit maintenance policy for each machine associated with the observed state represented by yield level and buffer level. An asynchronous updating rule is used in the learning process since the state transitions of both machines are not synchronous. Experimental study is conducted to evaluate the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.
Year
DOI
Venue
2016
10.1007/s10845-013-0864-5
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing
Keywords
Field
DocType
Multiple yield deterioration,Semi-Markov decision process,Constrained resource,Multi-agent reinforcement learning,Two-machine flow line
Asynchronous communication,Mathematical optimization,Imperfect,Flow line,Artificial intelligence,Decision process,Engineering,Maintenance Problem,Reinforcement learning algorithm,Preventive maintenance,Machine learning,Reinforcement learning
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
27
2
0956-5515
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
8
0.59
17
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
xiao wang180.59
Hongwei Wang252830.86
Chao Qi3272.58