| Article ID: | iaor19941748 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 2 |
| End Page Number: | 14 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 1992 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Dowsland Kathryn A., Dowsland William B. |
| Keywords: | heuristics, programming: dynamic, programming: mathematical |
This survey considers the application of Operational Research techniques to the solution of packing problems. Such problems arise in a variety of situations including pallet loading, container stuffing and placement problems. The focus of this paper is on the modelling and solution of problems in two and three dimensions and a number of exact and heuristic approaches are reviewed.