An approximation algorithm for square packing

  • Authors:
  • Rob Van Stee

  • Affiliations:
  • Centre for Mathematics and Computer Science (CWI), Kruislaan 413, NL-1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

We consider the problem of packing squares into bins which are unit squares, where the goal is to minimize the number of bins used. We present an algorithm for this problem with an absolute worst-case ratio of 2, which is optimal provided PNP.