Theoretical investigations on the modified integer round-up property for the one-dimensional cutting stock problem

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 93-100

  Scheithauer, Guntram ^a   Terno, Johannes ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cutting stock problem; Integer optimization; Rounding

Indexed keywords

EQUIVALENCE CLASSES; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS;

CUTTING STOCK PROBLEM; INTEGER OPTIMIZATION; MODIFIED INTEGER ROUND UP PROPERTY;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0031075297     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-6377(96)00047-8     Document Type: Article

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