Job Scheduler Usage

File Structure

• JobModel.py:

  Handles the game logic.

• JobGame.py:

  The human playable version of the game.

• JobEnvironment.py:

  The file with the class that implements the OpenAI Gymnasium API.

• JobEnvDemo.py and JobEnvDemo_RGB_output.py:

  Demo files that use user input to interact with the environment.

• JobEnvDemo_random_moves.py:

  A demo that uses random inputs to interact with the environment, mimics the usage of the environment class in a training set up.

Running the Game

Pre-requisites: Python 3.9-3.11, with pygame and numpy packages.

# To install pygame and numpy, run the following command
pip install pygame numpy

To run the Gymnasium environment, the gymnasium package is required.

# To install gymnasium, run the following command
pip install gym

Starting the game: Run JobGame.py to start the game.

Movement

• space : Advance time by 1.
• 1-9: Choose a block or delay time.
• ​r: Reset block choice.

Running the Environment

Parameters for the environment are set by changing the constants on the top of the JobEnvironment.py and JobModel.py files.

For examples on how to interact with the environment, refer to the demo files.