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Balanced Loading

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  • Samir V. Amiouny

    (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia)

  • John J. Bartholdi

    (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia)

  • John H. Vande Vate

    (Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia)

  • Jixian Zhang

    (Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore)

Abstract

We develop a heuristic for a problem motivated by the loading of aircraft or trucks: pack blocks into a bin so that their center-of-gravity is as close as possible to a target point. Our heuristic either produces good solutions or else signals that none is possible. It also works when loading nonhomogeneous blocks into a bin of nonzero and possibly nonhomogeneous mass.

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  • Samir V. Amiouny & John J. Bartholdi & John H. Vande Vate & Jixian Zhang, 1992. "Balanced Loading," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 40(2), pages 238-246, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:40:y:1992:i:2:p:238-246
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.40.2.238
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