APPARATUS, PROGRAM, AND METHOD, FOR RESOURCE CONTROL

Embodiments include an apparatus comprising processor circuitry and memory circuitry, the memory circuitry storing processing instructions which, when executed by the processor circuitry, cause the processor circuitry to: at the end of a finite time period, performing an assignment of resources from a finite set of resources for performing tasks in a physical environment to pending tasks, including formulating the assignment, wherein formulating the assignment comprises: using a reinforcement learning algorithm to formulate a mapping that optimises a reward function value, the reward function value being a value generated by a predetermined reward function based on an inventory representing the resources, and a representation of the pending tasks, and the mapping, the mapping being a mapping of individual resources from the inventory to individual pending tasks in the representation, the formulated assignment being in accordance with the formulated mapping.