Abstract: The 0-1 Knapsack Problem (KP) and Bin Packing Problem (BPP) are NP-hard combinatorial optimization challenges often tackled using metaheuristics. Both problems have prominent utilization in ...

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I have received many e-mail requests from people all over the U.S. asking how to dismantle a used grain bin in order to move it to a new site. Here is the step-by-step tutorial I've promised you all.

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This paper deals with the two-dimensional strip packing problem (2D-SPP) with the order/or multi-drop and vertical stability constraints. The existing exact algorithm that solves this problem is not ...

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(1) Renan F. F. da Silva, Institute of Computing, University of Campinas; (2) Yulle G. F. Borges, Institute of Computing, University of Campinas; (3) Rafael C. S. Schouery, Institute of Computing, ...