{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4410228596","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978496","title":"Enhanced Multi-Task Scheduling in MEC-Enabled Industrial Systems: Integrating Deep Reinforcement Learning with Optimizer Experiences","display_name":"Enhanced Multi-Task Scheduling in MEC-Enabled Industrial Systems: Integrating Deep Reinforcement Learning with Optimizer Experiences","publication_year":2025,"publication_date":"2025-03-24","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4410228596","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978496"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978496","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978496","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":true,"oa_status":"green","oa_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2117/457444","any_repository_has_fulltext":true},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5101812944","display_name":"Javier Palomares","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-6523-4887"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210130845","display_name":"i2CAT","ror":"https://ror.org/02rkks755","country_code":"ES","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845","https://openalex.org/I4387153040"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Javier Palomares","raw_affiliation_strings":["i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5087322684","display_name":"Estela Carmona Cejudo","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6597-7272"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210130845","display_name":"i2CAT","ror":"https://ror.org/02rkks755","country_code":"ES","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845","https://openalex.org/I4387153040"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Estela Carmona-Cejudo","raw_affiliation_strings":["i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5013934728","display_name":"Cristina Cervell\u00f3-Pastor","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8056-0774"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79189158","display_name":"University of Castilla-La Mancha","ror":"https://ror.org/05r78ng12","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79189158"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Cristina Cervell\u00f3-Pastor","raw_affiliation_strings":["Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,Albacete,Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha,Albacete,Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79189158"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5081718054","display_name":"Estefan\u00eda Coronado","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-6974"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210130845","display_name":"i2CAT","ror":"https://ror.org/02rkks755","country_code":"ES","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845","https://openalex.org/I4387153040"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Estefan\u00eda Coronado","raw_affiliation_strings":["i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026307340","display_name":"Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8257-4969"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210130845","display_name":"i2CAT","ror":"https://ror.org/02rkks755","country_code":"ES","type":"nonprofit","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845","https://openalex.org/I4387153040"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Muhammad Shuaib Siddiqui","raw_affiliation_strings":["i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"i2CAT Foundation,Barcelona,Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5101812944"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210130845"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":2.6047,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":2,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.89688779,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":95,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10551","display_name":"Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9746999740600586,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10551","display_name":"Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9746999740600586,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.8721473217010498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7465760707855225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.6091370582580566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.5260082483291626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.43759748339653015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/job-shop-scheduling","display_name":"Job shop scheduling","score":0.4356958866119385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.38467395305633545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.3356621265411377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/systems-engineering","display_name":"Systems engineering","score":0.15004754066467285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.1451723873615265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operating-system","display_name":"Operating system","score":0.09759405255317688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/operations-management","display_name":"Operations management","score":0.06824910640716553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/schedule","display_name":"Schedule","score":0.06743192672729492}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.8721473217010498},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7465760707855225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.6091370582580566},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.5260082483291626},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.43759748339653015},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C55416958","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6206757","display_name":"Job shop scheduling","level":3,"score":0.4356958866119385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.38467395305633545},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3356621265411377},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C201995342","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q682496","display_name":"Systems engineering","level":1,"score":0.15004754066467285},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.1451723873615265},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C111919701","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9135","display_name":"Operating system","level":1,"score":0.09759405255317688},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C21547014","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1423657","display_name":"Operations management","level":1,"score":0.06824910640716553},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68387754","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7271585","display_name":"Schedule","level":2,"score":0.06743192672729492}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978496","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/wcnc61545.2025.10978496","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2025 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference (WCNC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/457444","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2117/457444","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210207057","display_name":"QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme","issn_l":"2014-9689","issn":["2014-9689","2385-6777"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322448","host_organization_name":"Q71272178","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322448"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Q71272178"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Conference report"}],"best_oa_location":{"id":"pmh:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/457444","is_oa":true,"landing_page_url":"https://hdl.handle.net/2117/457444","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4210207057","display_name":"QRU Quaderns de Recerca en Urbanisme","issn_l":"2014-9689","issn":["2014-9689","2385-6777"],"is_oa":true,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310322448","host_organization_name":"Q71272178","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310322448"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Q71272178"],"type":"journal"},"license":"cc-by-nc-nd","license_id":"https://openalex.org/licenses/cc-by-nc-nd","version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Conference report"},"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":14,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W2162535720","https://openalex.org/W2771783069","https://openalex.org/W2802929790","https://openalex.org/W3004751020","https://openalex.org/W3012963018","https://openalex.org/W3039095521","https://openalex.org/W3100386461","https://openalex.org/W4250589301","https://openalex.org/W4380030846","https://openalex.org/W4388756484","https://openalex.org/W4397026363","https://openalex.org/W4400493380","https://openalex.org/W4400726857","https://openalex.org/W4408324564"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W3172150420","https://openalex.org/W2107725657","https://openalex.org/W4306904969","https://openalex.org/W2138720691","https://openalex.org/W4362501864","https://openalex.org/W4380318855","https://openalex.org/W2112121444","https://openalex.org/W3084456289","https://openalex.org/W2509452605","https://openalex.org/W3204654320"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"industrial":[1],"multi-access":[2],"edge":[3],"computing":[4],"(MEC),":[5],"novel":[6],"collaborative":[7,49],"systems":[8,50],"involving":[9],"multiple":[10],"automated":[11],"guided":[12],"vehicles":[13],"(AGVs)":[14],"require":[15],"the":[16,64,106,113,127,136],"execution":[17],"of":[18,92,100,126],"both":[19],"critical":[20],"tasks":[21,38,45],"and":[22,39,152],"computational":[23,41],"tasks,":[24],"such":[25],"as":[26],"AI-based":[27],"collision":[28],"avoidance.":[29],"However,":[30],"previous":[31],"research":[32],"focused":[33],"mainly":[34],"on":[35],"scheduling":[36,44,81],"process-related":[37],"overlooked":[40],"tasks.":[42],"Moreover,":[43,135],"between":[46],"AGVs":[47],"in":[48,60,83],"poses":[51],"an":[52],"integer":[53],"problem,":[54],"which":[55],"is":[56],"challenging":[57],"to":[58,79,97,118,123,162],"solve":[59],"polynomial":[61],"time,":[62],"highlighting":[63],"need":[65],"for":[66,139],"computationally":[67],"efficient":[68],"algorithms.":[69],"This":[70],"paper":[71],"proposes":[72],"a":[73,90,124],"deep":[74],"reinforcement":[75],"learning":[76,154],"(DRL)-based":[77],"approach":[78],"multi-task":[80],"(DRL-MTS)":[82],"multi-AGV":[84],"systems.":[85],"It":[86],"involves":[87],"dynamically":[88],"applying":[89],"catalog":[91],"DRL":[93],"models,":[94],"each":[95],"tailored":[96],"different":[98],"numbers":[99],"AGVs.":[101],"Evaluation":[102],"results":[103],"demonstrate":[104],"that":[105],"proposed":[107],"inter-AGV":[108],"DRL-MTS":[109],"strategy":[110],"closely":[111],"approaches":[112],"optimal":[114,128],"solution,":[115,129],"reaching":[116],"up":[117,161],"96%":[119],"task":[120],"completion":[121],"compared":[122],"98%":[125],"while":[130],"significantly":[131],"reducing":[132],"decision":[133],"times.":[134],"training":[137,158],"time":[138],"these":[140],"models":[141],"has":[142,155],"been":[143],"reduced":[144],"threefold":[145],"using":[146],"datasets":[147],"from":[148],"existing":[149],"optimization":[150],"solvers,":[151],"transfer":[153],"further":[156],"cut":[157],"times":[159],"by":[160],"51%.":[163]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-03-20T23:20:44.827607","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}