A probabilistic analysis of the next fit decreasing bin packing heuristic

Authors:
J. Csirik;G. Galambos;J. B. G. Frenk;A. M. Frieze;A. H. G. Rinnooy Kan
Affiliations:
József Attila Universityof Szeged, Sezged, Somogvi u.7, Hungary;József Attila Universityof Szeged, Sezged, Somogvi u.7, Hungary;University of Technology, Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, The Netherlands;Queen Mary College, Mile End Road, London E1 4NS, UK;Erasmus University, P.O. Box 1738, 3000 DR Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Venue:
Operations Research Letters
Year:
1986

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Abstract

A probabilistic analysis is presented of the Next Fit Decreasing bin packing heuristic, in which bins are opened to accomodate the items in order of decreasing size.