Summary of Vc Theory For Inventory Policies, by Yaqi Xie et al.
VC Theory for Inventory Policies
by Yaqi Xie, Will Ma, Linwei Xin
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A theoretical foundation is established for reinforcement learning approaches to inventory management, with generalization guarantees proven for several well-known classes of inventory policies. The celebrated Vapnik-Chervonenkis (VC) theory is leveraged, providing a framework for determining the generalization error of inventory policies. Numerical simulations corroborate the supervised learning results. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Inventory management uses AI and computer power to learn from experience and make better decisions. This paper helps us understand how this works by showing that certain ways of managing stock can be learned quickly and accurately. It also tells us how well these learned approaches will work in new situations, which is important for making smart inventory choices. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Reinforcement learning » Supervised
