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Abstract: This paper formalises a packing problem that emerges as a core sub-problem for managing workload consolidation in data centres. As a generalisation of the Bin Packing (BP) problem, it ...

Abstract: 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 ...

They say that the journey is more important than the destination—but I'd argue that packing for said journey is the most important part of all. I've been a travel editor for nearly a decade, bopping ...

The BPPLIB is a collection of codes, benchmarks, and links for the one-dimensional Bin Packing and Cutting Stock problem. If you need to refer to material taken from this library, please cite M.

This is a partial replication of Côté, Haouari, Iori (2019): A Primal Decomposition Algorithm for the Two-dimensional Bin Packing Problem. arXiv:1909.06835 [math.OC] resp. Côté, Haouari, Iori (2021): ...

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