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We study the online bin packing problem under two stochastic settings. In the bin packing problem, we are given n items with sizes in (0,1] and the goal is to pack them into the minimum number of unit-sized bins. First, we study bin packing…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Nikhil Ayyadevara , Rajni Dabas , Arindam Khan , K. V. N. Sreenivas

This paper presents theoretical and practical results for the bin packing problem with scenarios, a generalization of the classical bin packing problem which considers the presence of uncertain scenarios, of which only one is realized. For…

We study the problem of maximizing a monotone submodular function subject to a Multiple Knapsack constraint. The input is a set $I$ of items, each has a non-negative weight, and a set of bins of arbitrary capacities. Also, we are given a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Yaron Fairstein , Ariel Kulik , Joseph , Naor , Danny Raz , Hadas Shachnai

We study the classic Bin Packing problem in a fully-dynamic setting, where new items can arrive and old items may depart. We want algorithms with low asymptotic competitive ratio \emph{while repacking items sparingly} between updates.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-18 Anupam Gupta , Guru Guruganesh , Amit Kumar , David Wajc

We give a comprehensive study of bin packing with conflicts (BPC). The input is a set $I$ of items, sizes $s:I \rightarrow [0,1]$, and a conflict graph $G = (I,E)$. The goal is to find a partition of $I$ into a minimum number of independent…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-02-22 Ilan Doron-Arad , Hadas Shachnai

In the (1-dimensional) bin packing problem, we are asked to pack all the given items into bins, each of capacity one, so that the number of non-empty bins is minimized. Zhu~[Chaos, Solitons \& Fractals 2016] proposed an approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-09-23 Hiroshi Fujiwara , Rina Atsumi , Hiroaki Yamamoto

Bin packing problem examines the minimum number of identical bins needed to pack a set of items of various weights. This problem arises in various areas of the artificial intelligence demanding derivation of the exact solutions in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Masoud Ataei , Shengyuan Chen

In two-dimensional geometric knapsack problem, we are given a set of n axis-aligned rectangular items and an axis-aligned square-shaped knapsack. Each item has integral width, integral height and an associated integral profit. The goal is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-18 Arindam Khan , Arnab Maiti , Amatya Sharma , Andreas Wiese

In the Strip Packing problem (SP), we are given a vertical half-strip $[0,W]\times[0,\infty)$ and a set of $n$ axis-aligned rectangles of width at most $W$. The goal is to find a non-overlapping packing of all rectangles into the strip such…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-05-09 Arindam Khan , Aditya Lonkar , Arnab Maiti , Amatya Sharma , Andreas Wiese

We study the Min-Weighted Sum Bin Packing problem, a variant of the classical Bin Packing problem in which items have a weight, and each item induces a cost equal to its weight multiplied by the index of the bin in which it is packed. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-04-06 Guillaume Sagnol

For bin packing, the input consists of n items with sizes s_1,...,s_n in [0,1] which have to be assigned to a minimum number of bins of size 1. The seminal Karmarkar-Karp algorithm from '82 produces a solution with at most OPT + O(log^2…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-03-11 Thomas Rothvoss

In this paper, we study the following knapsack problem: Given a list of squares with profits, we are requested to pack a sublist of them into a rectangular bin (not a unit square bin) to make profits in the bin as large as possible. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2008-12-18 Xin Han , Kazuo Iwama , Guochuan Zhang

We study constant-factor approximation algorithms for the Bin Packing Problem with Setups (BPPS). First, we show that adaptations of classical BPP heuristics can have arbitrarily poor worst-case performance on BPPS instances. Then, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Roberto Baldacci , Fabio Ciccarelli , Stefano Coniglio , Valerio Dose , Fabio Furini

We introduce and study a discrete multi-period extension of the classical knapsack problem, dubbed generalized incremental knapsack. In this setting, we are given a set of $n$ items, each associated with a non-negative weight, and $T$ time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-16 Yuri Faenza , Danny Segev , Lingyi Zhang

We consider the Ordered Open End Bin Packing problem. Items of sizes in $(0,1]$ are presented one by one, to be assigned to bins in this order. An item can be assigned to any bin for which the current total size strictly below $1$. This…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-15 János Balogh , Leah Epstein , Asaf Levin

The Replenishment Storage problem (RSP) is to minimize the storage capacity requirement for a deterministic demand, multi-item inventory system where each item has a given reorder size and cycle length. The reorders can only take place at…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-10-06 Dorit S. Hochbaum , Xu Rao

The interval subset sum problem (ISSP) is a generalization of the well-known subset sum problem. Given a set of intervals $\left\{[a_{i,1},a_{i,2}]\right\}_{i=1}^n$ and a target integer $T,$ the ISSP is to find a set of integers, at most…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-04-25 Rui Diao , Ya-Feng Liu , Yu-Hong Dai

We study a robust extensible bin packing problem with budgeted uncertainty, under a budgeted uncertainty model where item sizes are defined to lie in the intersection of a box with a one-norm ball. We propose a scenario generation algorithm…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2025-10-29 Noam Goldberg , Michael Poss , Yariv Marmor

An unconstrained nonlinear binary optimization problem of selecting a maximum expected value subset of items is considered. Each item is associated with a profit and probability. Each of the items succeeds or fails independently with the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-06-23 Noam Goldberg , Gabor Rudolf

The Unbounded Knapsack Problem (UKP) is a well-known variant of the famous 0-1 Knapsack Problem (0-1 KP). In contrast to 0-1 KP, an arbitrary number of copies of every item can be taken in UKP. Since UKP is NP-hard, fully polynomial time…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-11-10 Klaus Jansen , Stefan Erich Julius Kraft