| Article ID: | iaor2002252 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 40 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 201 |
| End Page Number: | 214 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2001 |
| Journal: | Computers & Industrial Engineering |
| Authors: | Troutt Marvin D., Leung T.W., Yung C.H. |
| Keywords: | optimization: simulated annealing |
We applied a genetic algorithm and a simulated annealing approach to the two-dimensional non-guillotine cutting stock problem and carried out experimentation on several test cases. The performance and efficiency of these two heuristic algorithms on this problem were compared.