Irregular packing problems: A review of mathematical models

AAS Leao, FMB Toledo, JF Oliveira… - European Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Irregular packing problems (also known as nesting problems) belong to the more general
class of cutting and packing problems and consist of allocating a set of irregular and regular …

Two-dimensional irregular packing problems: A review

B Guo, Y Zhang, J Hu, J Li, F Wu, Q Peng… - Frontiers in Mechanical …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Two-dimensional (2D) irregular packing problems are widespread in manufacturing
industries such as shipbuilding, metalworking, automotive production, aerospace, clothing …

From ants to whales: metaheuristics for all tastes

F Fausto, A Reyna-Orta, E Cuevas, ÁG Andrade… - Artificial Intelligence …, 2020 - Springer
Nature-inspired metaheuristics comprise a compelling family of optimization techniques.
These algorithms are designed with the idea of emulating some kind natural phenomena …

[LIVRE][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 …

Hybridizing exact methods and metaheuristics: A taxonomy

L Jourdan, M Basseur, EG Talbi - European Journal of Operational …, 2009 - Elsevier
The interest about hybrid optimization methods has grown for the last few years. Indeed,
more and more papers about cooperation between heuristics and exact techniques are …

Mathematical model and efficient algorithms for object packing problem

N Chernov, Y Stoyan, T Romanova - Computational Geometry, 2010 - Elsevier
The article is devoted to mathematical models and practical algorithms for solving the cutting
and packing (C&P) problem. We review and further enhance the main tool of our studies–phi …

Part decomposition and assembly-based (Re) design for additive manufacturing: A review

Y Oh, C Zhou, S Behdad - Additive Manufacturing, 2018 - Elsevier
Additive Manufacturing (AM), also known as 3D printing, has been highlighted as a
complementary method to the traditional (subtractive and formative) manufacturing. This …

A tutorial in irregular shape packing problems

JA Bennell, JF Oliveira - Journal of the Operational Research …, 2009 - Taylor & Francis
Cutting and packing problems have been a core area of research for many decades.
Irregular shape packing is one of the most recent variants to be widely researched and its …

The dotted-board model: a new MIP model for nesting irregular shapes

FMB Toledo, MA Carravilla, C Ribeiro… - International Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The nesting problem, also known as irregular packing problem, belongs to the generic class
of cutting and packing (C&P) problems. It differs from other 2-D C&P problems in the …

Fast neighborhood search for two-and three-dimensional nesting problems

J Egeblad, BK Nielsen, A Odgaard - European Journal of Operational …, 2007 - Elsevier
In this paper we present a new heuristic solution method for two-dimensional nesting
problems. It is based on a simple local search scheme in which the neighborhood is any …