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We present a new generalization of the bin covering problem that is known to be a strongly NP-hard problem. In our generalization there is a positive constant $\Delta$, and we are given a set of items each of which has a positive size. We…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-23 Asaf Levin

The two-dimensional non-oriented bin packing problem with due dates packs a set of rectangular items, which may be rotated by 90 degrees, into identical rectangular bins. The bins have equal processing times. An item's lateness is the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-11-09 S. Polyakovskiy , R. M'Hallah

This paper studies large scale instances of a fairly general arc-routing problem as well as incorporate practical constraints in particular coming from the scheduling problem of the winter road maintenance (e.g. different priorities for and…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-01-30 Jiří Fink , Martin Loebl , Petra Pelikánová

We study a two-dimensional generalization of the classical Bin Packing problem, denoted as 2D Demand Bin Packing. In this context, each bin is a horizontal timeline, and rectangular tasks (representing electric appliances or computational…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Susanne Albers , Waldo Gálvez , Ömer Behic Özdemir

Algorithmic support systems often return optimal solutions that are hard to understand. Effective human-algorithm collaboration, however, requires interpretability. When machine solutions are equally optimal, humans must select one, but a…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-03-11 Dominik Pegler , Frank Jäkel , David Steyrl , Frank Scharnowski , Filip Melinscak

We revisit the classic online bin packing problem. In this problem, items of positive sizes no larger than 1 are presented one by one to be packed into subsets called "bins" of total sizes no larger than 1, such that every item is assigned…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-07-07 János Balogh , József Békési , György Dósa , Leah Epstein , Asaf Levin

In this paper we deal with the restricted Block Relocation Problem. We present a new lower bound and a heuristic approach for the problem. The proposed lower bound can be computed in polynomial time and it is provably better than some…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2022-06-27 Tiziano Bacci , Sara Mattia , Paolo Ventura

The Two-dimensional Bin Packing Problem calls for packing a set of rectangular items into a minimal set of larger rectangular bins. Items must be packed with their edges parallel to the borders of the bins, cannot be rotated and cannot…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-17 Jean-François Côté , Mohamed Haouari , Manuel Iori

We present an $n\Delta^{O(k^2)}$ time algorithm to obtain an optimal solution for $1$-dimensional cutting stock problem: the bin packing problem of packing $n$ items onto unit capacity bins under the restriction that the number of item…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2020-01-07 Srikrishnan Divakaran

We present a new generalization of the extensible bin packing with unequal bin sizes problem. In our generalization the cost of exceeding the bin size depends on the index of the bin and not only on the amount in which the size of the bin…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-05-24 Asaf Levin

In the Bin Packing problem one is given $n$ items with weights $w_1,\ldots,w_n$ and $m$ bins with capacities $c_1,\ldots,c_m$. The goal is to find a partition of the items into sets $S_1,\ldots,S_m$ such that $w(S_j) \leq c_j$ for every bin…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Jesper Nederlof , Jakub Pawlewicz , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis , Karol Węgrzycki

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

The Bin Packing Problem is one of the most important problems in discrete optimization, as it captures the requirements of many real-world problems. Because of its importance, it has been approached with the main theoretical and practical…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2024-02-26 Fabio Tardivo , Laurent Michel , Enrico Pontelli

We address the bin packing problem (BPP), which aims to maximize bin utilization when packing a variety of items. The offline problem, where the complete information about the item set and their sizes is known in advance, is proven to be…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Beomjoon Lee , Changjoo Nam

The Bin Packing Problem is a classic problem with wide industrial applicability. In fact, the efficient packing of items into bins is one of the toughest challenges in many logistic corporations and is a critical issue for reducing storage…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-16 Sebastián V. Romero , Eneko Osaba , Esther Villar-Rodriguez , Antón Asla

This work studies rearrangement problems involving the sorting of robots or objects in stack-like containers, which can be accessed only from one side. Two scenarios are considered: one where every robot or object needs to reach a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-07-03 Shuai D. Han , Nicholas M. Stiffler , Kostas E. Bekris , Jingjin Yu

In this paper, we propose a robust optimization-based heuristic algorithm for the chance-constrained binary knapsack problem (CKP). We assume that the weights of items are independent normally distributed. By utilizing the properties of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-06 Seulgi Joung , Kyungsik Lee

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 problem of packing equal circles in a circle is a classic and famous packing problem, which is well-studied in academia and has a variety of applications in industry. This problem is computationally challenging, and researchers mainly…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2023-03-09 Jianrong Zhou , Kun He , Jiongzhi Zheng , Chu-Min Li

In this work, we study the square min-sum bin packing problem (SMSBPP), where a list of square items has to be packed into indexed square bins of dimensions $1 \times 1$ with no overlap between the areas of the items. The bins are indexed…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-07-14 Rachel Vanucchi Saraiva , Rafael C. S. Schouery