Computing the asymptotic worst-case of bin packing lower bounds

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 1295-1303

  Crainic, Teodor Gabriel ^a   Perboli, Guido ^b   Pezzuto, Miriam ^b   Tadei, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Asymptotic worst case analysis; Bin Packing lower bounds; Packing

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ASYMPTOTIC WORST-CASE ANALYSIS; BIN PACKING LOWER BOUNDS; PACKING PROBLEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34447095926     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.07.032     Document Type: Article

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