Publication IV: From Theory to Application: Investigating the Generalizability of Facility Layout Problems Using a Deep Reinforcement Learning Approach
摘要
Generalisation is a critical requirement for reinforcement learning (RL) models applied in production planning tasks such as facility layout optimisation. This study investigates whether a single trained RL agent can generate efficient layouts across a diverse set of facility layout problems without retraining. To achieve this, we develop a scalable modelling approach using fixed-size image-based state representation and a static, masked action space, enabling consistent input-output dimensions regardless of layout size.