Article ID: | iaor1998883 |
Country: | Brazil |
Volume: | 4 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 52 |
End Page Number: | 75 |
Publication Date: | Apr 1997 |
Journal: | Gesto & Produo |
Authors: | Morabito Reinaldo, Morales Silvia Regina |
Keywords: | programming: integer |
In this paper we present a simple and effective heuristic to solve the pallet loading problem (PLP) with identical boxes, namely the manufacturer's PLP. Basically, the problem consists of arranging the maximum number of rectangles (