Abstract: Disclosed is a characterization method based on deep reinforcement learning for discrete manufacturing industry data. The method includes: collecting discrete manufacturing industry data, and creating a spatio-temporal database; dividing the discrete manufacturing industry data into a discrete feature and a continuous feature, creating a data coupling coding network, converting a coding vector in the coding network into a characterization vector, and creating a data characterization model; quantitatively characterizing discrimination of a data category by means of cluster evaluation indexes; and using weights of cluster evaluation indexes of different dimensions as dynamic rewards, creating a deep reinforcement learning model, and updating a neural network parameter of deep reinforcement learning through characterization of an interactive relation between a model and a discrete manufacturing decision-making analysis system.