On-line three-dimensional packing problems: A review of off-line and on-line solution approaches

S Ali, AG Ramos, MA Carravilla, JF Oliveira - Computers & Industrial …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Three-Dimensional Packing Problems (3D-PPs) can be applied to effectively
reduce logistics costs in various areas, such as airline cargo management and warehouse …

[BOOK][B] Handbook of approximation algorithms and metaheuristics

TF Gonzalez - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
Delineating the tremendous growth in this area, the Handbook of Approximation Algorithms
and Metaheuristics covers fundamental, theoretical topics as well as advanced, practical …

A new model for Last-Mile Delivery and Satellite Depots management: The impact of the on-demand economy

G Perboli, L Brotcorne, ME Bruni, M Rosano - Transportation Research Part …, 2021 - Elsevier
Two-tier city logistics systems are playing a very important role nowadays in the
management of urban freight activities. Although several city authorities have promoted …

Cost-effective app user allocation in an edge computing environment

P Lai, Q He, J Grundy, F Chen… - … on Cloud Computing, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Edge computing is a new distributed computing paradigm extending the cloud computing
paradigm, offering much lower end-to-end latency, as real-time, latency-sensitive …

Comparing vm-placement algorithms for on-demand clouds

K Mills, J Filliben, C Dabrowski - 2011 IEEE Third International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Much recent research has been devoted to investigating algorithms for allocating virtual
machines (VMs) to physical machines (PMs) in infrastructure clouds. Many such algorithms …

Efficient lower bounds and heuristics for the variable cost and size bin packing problem

TG Crainic, G Perboli, W Rei, R Tadei - Computers & Operations Research, 2011 - Elsevier
We consider the variable cost and size bin packing problem, a generalization of the well-
known bin packing problem, where a set of items must be packed into a set of …

New lower bounds for certain classes of bin packing algorithms

J Balogh, J Békési, G Galambos - Theoretical Computer Science, 2012 - Elsevier
On-line algorithms have been extensively studied for the one-dimensional bin packing
problem. In this paper, we investigate two classes of one-dimensional bin packing …

Grammatical evolution of local search heuristics

EK Burke, MR Hyde, G Kendall - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Genetic programming approaches have been employed in the literature to automatically
design constructive heuristics for cutting and packing problems. These heuristics obtain …

Automating the packing heuristic design process with genetic programming

EK Burke, MR Hyde, G Kendall… - Evolutionary …, 2012 - direct.mit.edu
The literature shows that one-, two-, and three-dimensional bin packing and knapsack
packing are difficult problems in operational research. Many techniques, including exact …

Improving operating room schedules

F Li, D Gupta, S Potthoff - Health care management science, 2016 - Springer
Operating rooms (ORs) in US hospitals are costly to staff, generate about 70% of a hospital's
revenues, and operate at a staffed-capacity utilization of 60-70%. Many hospitals allocate …