Bin packing problems are a class of NP-hard combinatorial optimisation challenges with wide-ranging applications in logistics, manufacturing, cloud computing and scheduling. The fundamental task is to ...

Geeky holidaymakers wanting to take more on a trip, as well as delivery firms trying to maximise loads and storage, could benefit from a new algorithm that packs collections of differently sized 2D ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 69, No. 3 (MARCH 2018), pp. 402-415 (14 pages) This paper presents a heuristic for the guillotine two-dimensional bin packing problem, where a set ...

Researchers from Mentor Graphics Corp. are proposing a more complete way to test multiple cores on a system-on-chip. At the International Test Conference, Mentor presented a paper that defines SoC ...

SALT LAKE CITY – During his senior year of college, Timberwolves forward Nathan Knight developed an algorithm that can help people pack for trips. "We all know the hardest part of starting that ...

struct S { int a; int b; bool c; bool d; int e; int f; bool g; bool h; } public static int[] encode(S value) { ... encode the value into an int[] ... } public static S decode(int[] encoded) { // ...