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Marketing Research Projects
Students research customer service offerings of a particular business and present their conclusions to the class using PowerPoint and additional visual aids. The guidelines for this instructional activity can be found through the...
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Science Direct: New Lower Bounds for the Three Dimensional Finite Bin Packing
This article analyzes the three-dimensional finite bin packing problem (3BP). The 3BP finds many practical applications as it is a simplified version of many real-world problems, e.g. container and pallet loading.
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American Mathematical Society: Bin Packing
Bin packing is a very appealing mathematical model. This article discusses several bin packing problems and the various methods for solving them.
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European Journal of Operational Research: Two Dimensional Packing Problems
This article analyzes problems requiring to allocate a set of rectangular items to larger rectangular standardized units by minimizing the waste. It discusses mathematical models and surveys lower bounds, classical approximation...
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Science Direct: Recent Advances on Two Dimensional Bin Packing Problems
This paper surveys recent advances obtained for the two-dimensional bin packing problem, with special emphasis on exact algorithms and effective heuristic and metaheuristic approaches.