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Recent years have seen significant advancements in designing reinforcement learning (RL)-based agents for building energy management. While individual success is observed in simulated or controlled environments, the scalability of RL…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Ruohong Liu , Jack Umenberger , Yize Chen

Recent breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence have triggered a surge in demand for machine learning training, which poses significant cost burdens and environmental challenges due to its substantial energy consumption.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Siyue Zhang , Minrui Xu , Wei Yang Bryan Lim , Dusit Niyato

Multi-objective learning endeavors to concurrently optimize multiple objectives using a single model, aiming to achieve high and balanced performance across diverse objectives. However, this often entails a more complex optimization…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Shijun Li , Hilaf Hasson , Jing Hu , Joydeep Ghosh

The global energy landscape is undergoing a transformation towards decarbonization, sustainability, and cost-efficiency. In this transition, microgrid systems integrated with renewable energy sources (RES) and energy storage systems (ESS)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-05 Fulong Yao , Wanqing Zhao , Matthew Forshaw , Yang Song

Efficiency and reliability are both crucial for energy management, especially in multi-microgrid systems (MMSs) integrating intermittent and distributed renewable energy sources. This study investigates an economic and reliable energy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-27 Junkai Hu , Li Xia

This paper introduces a new scalable multi-objective deep reinforcement learning (MODRL) framework based on deep Q-networks. We develop a high-performance MODRL framework that supports both single-policy and multi-policy strategies, as well…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Thanh Thi Nguyen , Ngoc Duy Nguyen , Peter Vamplew , Saeid Nahavandi , Richard Dazeley , Chee Peng Lim

This paper introduces a deep reinforcement learning (RL) framework for optimizing the operations of power plants pairing renewable energy with storage. The objective is to maximize revenue from energy markets while minimizing storage…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-16 Lucien Werner , Peeyush Kumar

Balancing safety, efficiency, and operational costs in highway driving poses a challenging decision-making problem for heavy-duty vehicles. A central difficulty is that conventional scalar reward formulations, obtained by aggregating these…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Deepthi Pathare , Leo Laine , Morteza Haghir Chehreghani

In many real-world applications, a reinforcement learning (RL) agent should consider multiple objectives and adhere to safety guidelines. To address these considerations, we propose a constrained multi-objective RL algorithm named…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Dohyeong Kim , Mineui Hong , Jeongho Park , Songhwai Oh

The ongoing energy transition drives the development of decentralised renewable energy sources, which are heterogeneous and weather-dependent, complicating their integration into energy systems. This study tackles this issue by introducing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-01 Marine Cauz , Adrien Bolland , Nicolas Wyrsch , Christophe Ballif

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is used to solve problems involving multiple objectives. An MORL agent must make decisions based on the diverse signals provided by distinct reward functions. Training an MORL agent yields a set…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-08 Zuzanna Osika , Jazmin Zatarain-Salazar , Frans A. Oliehoek , Pradeep K. Murukannaiah

The development of renewable energy generation empowers microgrids to generate electricity to supply itself and to trade the surplus on energy markets. To minimize the overall cost, a microgrid must determine how to schedule its energy…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-10 Guanyu Gao , Yonggang Wen , Xiaohu Wu , Ran Wang

Recent challenges in operating power networks arise from increasing energy demands and unpredictable renewable sources like wind and solar. While reinforcement learning (RL) shows promise in managing these networks, through topological…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-05 Erica van der Sar , Alessandro Zocca , Sandjai Bhulai

Nowadays, the application of microgrids (MG) with renewable energy is becoming more and more extensive, which creates a strong need for dynamic energy management. In this paper, deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is applied to learn an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-02 Jiaju Qi , Lei Lei , Kan Zheng , Simon X. Yang

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is effective for multi-echelon combinatorial supply chain optimisation, where tasks involve high dimensionality, uncertainty, and competing objectives. However, its deployment in dynamic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Rifny Rachman , Josh Tingey , Richard Allmendinger , Wei Pan , Pradyumn Shukla , Bahrul Ilmi Nasution

In this paper, we consider multi-objective reinforcement learning, which arises in many real-world problems with multiple optimization goals. We approach the problem with a max-min framework focusing on fairness among the multiple goals and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-13 Giseung Park , Woohyeon Byeon , Seongmin Kim , Elad Havakuk , Amir Leshem , Youngchul Sung

To date, the multi-objective optimization literature has mainly focused on conflicting objectives, studying the Pareto front, or requiring users to balance tradeoffs. Yet, in machine learning practice, there are many scenarios where such…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Yonathan Efroni , Ben Kretzu , Daniel Jiang , Jalaj Bhandari , Zheqing , Zhu , Karen Ullrich

As an efficient way to integrate multiple distributed energy resources and the user side, a microgrid is mainly faced with the problems of small-scale volatility, uncertainty, intermittency and demand-side uncertainty of DERs. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-11-14 Jinsong Sang , Hongbin Sun , Lei Kou

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is increasingly relevant due to its resemblance to real-world scenarios requiring trade-offs between multiple objectives. Catering to diverse user preferences, traditional reinforcement learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-08 Junlin Lu , Patrick Mannion , Karl Mason

Mobile edge computing (MEC) is essential for next-generation mobile network applications that prioritize various performance metrics, including delays and energy consumption. However, conventional single-objective scheduling solutions…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-28 Ning Yang , Junrui Wen , Meng Zhang , Ming Tang