Reinforcement Learning Constrained Beam Search for Parameter Optimization of Paper Drying Under Flexible Constraints

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.12542v1
• Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2025 23:16:19 GMT
• Title: Reinforcement Learning Constrained Beam Search for Parameter Optimization of Paper Drying Under Flexible Constraints
• Authors: Siyuan Chen, Hanshen Yu, Jamal Yagoobi, Chenhui Shao,
• Abstract summary: We propose Reinforcement Learning Constrained Beam Search (RLCBS) for inference-time refinement in optimization problems. Our results demonstrate that RLCBS outperforms NSGA-II under complex design constraints on drying module configurations at inference-time.
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• Abstract: Existing approaches to enforcing design constraints in Reinforcement Learning (RL) applications often rely on training-time penalties in the reward function or training/inference-time invalid action masking, but these methods either cannot be modified after training, or are limited in the types of constraints that can be implemented. To address this limitation, we propose Reinforcement Learning Constrained Beam Search (RLCBS) for inference-time refinement in combinatorial optimization problems. This method respects flexible, inference-time constraints that support exclusion of invalid actions and forced inclusion of desired actions, and employs beam search to maximize sequence probability for more sensible constraint incorporation. RLCBS is extensible to RL-based planning and optimization problems that do not require real-time solution, and we apply the method to optimize process parameters for a novel modular testbed for paper drying. An RL agent is trained to minimize energy consumption across varying machine speed levels by generating optimal dryer module and air supply temperature configurations. Our results demonstrate that RLCBS outperforms NSGA-II under complex design constraints on drying module configurations at inference-time, while providing a 2.58-fold or higher speed improvement.

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