Introduction to Cutting and Packing Optimization Problems, Modeling Approaches, Solution Methods /

• Main Author: Scheithauer, Guntram (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 263
• Subjects: Operations research.; Decision making.; Mathematical optimization.; Business logistics.; Discrete mathematics.; Operations Research/Decision Theory.; Optimization.; Logistics.; Discrete Mathematics.
• Physical Description: XXIV, 410 p. 127 illus. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319644035
• ISSN: 0884-8289 ;
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-64403-5

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important and frequently considered optimization problems concerning cutting and packing. Based on appropriate modeling approaches for the problems considered, it offers an introduction to the related solution methods. It also addresses aspects like performance results for heuristic algorithms and bounds of the optimal value, as well as the packability of a given set of objects within a predefined container. The problems discussed arise in a wide variety of different fields of application and research, and as such, the fundamental knowledge presented in this book make it a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and researchers who are interested in dealing with such tasks.