Bin packing problems are a class of NP-hard combinatorial optimisation challenges with wide-ranging applications in logistics, manufacturing, cloud computing and scheduling. The fundamental task is to ...

Geeky holidaymakers wanting to take more on a trip, as well as delivery firms trying to maximise loads and storage, could benefit from a new algorithm that packs collections of differently sized 2D ...

struct S { int a; int b; bool c; bool d; int e; int f; bool g; bool h; } public static int[] encode(S value) { ... encode the value into an int[] ... } public static S decode(int[] encoded) { // ...

The Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 69, No. 3 (MARCH 2018), pp. 402-415 (14 pages) This paper presents a heuristic for the guillotine two-dimensional bin packing problem, where a set ...

Nutella’s manufacturer Ferrero partnered with its advertising agency Ogilvy & Mather Italia to devise a plan to get people to buy more Nutella. Their idea? Have an algorithm design the packaging. The ...

MEDFORD, Mass., Oct. 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Inkbit today announced the launch of Pack Studio, a new software platform that turns packaging from a logistical bottleneck into a competitive advantage.