Solving the non-oriented three-dimensional bin packing problem with stability and load bearing constraints

Jesper Hansen

AbstractThe three-dimensional bin packing problem is concerned with packing a given set of rectangular items into rectangular bins. We are interested in solving real-life problems where rotations of items are allowed and the packings must be packable and stable. Load bearing of items is taken into account as well. An on-line heuristic and an exact method have been developed and compared on real-life instances and as well on some benchmark instances. The on-line algorithm consistently reaches good solutions within a few seconds. The exact method is able to improve the solutions, but a significant amount of computation time is required.
TypeTechnical report
Year2003    pp. 24
PublisherInformatics and Mathematical Modelling, Technical University of Denmark, DTU
AddressRichard Petersens Plads, Building 321, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby
SeriesIMM-Technical Report-2003-15
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IMM Group(s)Operations Research