本研究將深度強化學習應用至排程問題當中，並以考量等候區容量限制之
零工式排程問題為例，探討排程問題之訓練樣本生成，尤其針對「DQN」訓練
可能衍生之決策頻繁度與記憶回放策略進行探討。將強化學習應用至排程問題
中首先面臨的就是訓練資料的生成問題，由於代理人難以與實際的生產排程環
境互動，因此需要一個模擬器(Simulator)模擬排程過程中發生的各種動態事件，
本研究提出以離散事件模擬為基礎的強化學習「環境」建構方法，首先定義狀
態、動作、獎勵函數等強化學習要素，接著以系統塑模語言(SysML)做為系統
分析之工具，分析零工式生產排程系統之物件架構與行為，最終以模擬「環境」
互動框架使模擬模型轉化為「環境」，藉由模擬達成訓練樣本生成之目的。
強化學習問題中代理人決策的時機點(Decision epoch)，代表訓練資料的生
成間隔大小，為訓練樣本生成的一個重要議題。本研究於排程問題中考慮決策
頻繁度與決策事件之影響，提出模擬為基「DQN」演算法，透過本研究提出之
演算法可於訓練中嘗試不同決策事件，實驗結果驗證了決策頻繁度存在一個最
佳值，過多或是過少的決策次數都將影響代理人學習效果。本研究以「DQN」
為強化學習演算法並探討其中的記憶回放策略，考量傳統記憶回放策略以隨機
的方式由記憶庫中抽取批量訓練樣本，本研究提出分層抽樣之想法，透過分層
抽樣策略確保每個子集在樣本中有適當的代表性，實驗結果證明了透過決策頻
繁度與分層抽樣策略兩項改進，加速了代理人訓練之收斂速度，且在不同系統
負荷與交期緊縮情境下，「DQN」皆取得了超越單一派工法則的績效表現，顯
示代理人能依據系統狀態做出適當的決策之能力。

This study applies deep reinforcement learning to scheduling problems, focusing
on job shop scheduling problem with limited buffer. The study investigates the
generation of training samples for scheduling problems, particularly addressing the
issues of decision frequency and memory replay strategies in DQN. The application
of reinforcement learning to scheduling problems first faces the challenge of
generating training data. As the agent is unable to interact with the actual production
scheduling environment, a simulator is needed to simulate various dynamic events
that occur during the scheduling process. This study proposes a discrete event
simulation-based environment construction method for reinforcement learning. It
defines the elements of reinforcement learning, such as states, actions, and reward
functions, and utilizes the Systems Modeling Language (SysML) as a tool for system
analysis to analyze the job shop scheduling system.
The decision epoch, representing the timing of agent's decisions in reinforcement
learning problems. This study considers the impact of decision frequency and
decision events in scheduling problems and proposes the simulation-based DQN
algorithm. Through this algorithm, different decision events can be explored during
training. The experimental results confirm that there exists an optimal value for
decision frequency, and too many or too few decision events will affect the learning
effectiveness of the agent. This study proposes a stratified sampling approach to
ensure that each subset has appropriate representativeness in the samples. The
experimental results demonstrate that with the improvements of decision frequency
and stratified sampling strategy, the convergence speed of agent training is
accelerated. Furthermore, in different system load and due date tightness scenarios,
the DQN algorithm achieves performance surpassing that of a single dispatching rule,
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indicating the ability of the agent to make appropriate decisions based on the system
state.

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