Article ID: | iaor20043632 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 37 |
Issue: | 1 |
Start Page Number: | 23 |
End Page Number: | 34 |
Publication Date: | Apr 2004 |
Journal: | Decision Support Systems |
Authors: | Chien Chen-Fu, Deng Jing-Feng |
Keywords: | bin packing, containers |
Relatively few approaches have been developed to solve the container-packing problem despite its important industrial and commercial applications. This study constructs a container packing support system capable of incorporating the computational algorithm, graphic user interface input/output interface, and a simulation program for illustrating the container packing process in steps. A numerical example is used to illustrate the proposed container packing support system. We use real data to compare the solutions derived by the proposed algorithm with those of a greedy algorithm and the original solutions of a local transportation company. The results demonstrate the effectiveness and practical viability of this approach.