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We consider the Bin Packing problem with a partition matroid constraint. The input is a set of items of sizes in $(0,1]$, and a partition matroid over the items. The goal is to pack all items in a minimum number of unit-size bins, such that…
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…
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Following the work of Anily et al., we consider a variant of bin packing, called "bin packing with general cost structures" (GCBP) and design an asymptotic fully polynomial time approximation scheme (AFPTAS) for this problem. In the classic…