Packing problems are a class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to...

The bin packing problem is an optimization problem, in which items of different sizes must be packed into a finite number of bins or containers, each of...

sphere packing problems can be generalised to consider unequal spheres, spaces of other dimensions (where the problem becomes circle packing in two dimensions...

knapsack problem Cutting stock problem – Mathematical problem in operations research Knapsack auction List of knapsack problems Packing problem – Problems which...

Set packing is a classical NP-complete problem in computational complexity theory and combinatorics, and was one of Karp's 21 NP-complete problems. Suppose...

Rectangle packing is a packing problem where the objective is to determine whether a given set of small rectangles can be placed inside a given large polygon...

Square packing is a packing problem where the objective is to determine how many congruent squares can be packed into some larger shape, often a square...

space to the volume of the space itself. In packing problems, the objective is usually to obtain a packing of the greatest possible density. If K1,......

hexagonal packing is generally not optimal for small numbers of circles. Specific problems of this type that have been studied include: Circle packing in a...

The strip packing problem is a 2-dimensional geometric minimization problem. Given a set of axis-aligned rectangles and a strip of bounded width and infinite...

Circle packing in a square is a packing problem in recreational mathematics where the aim is to pack n unit circles into the smallest possible square....

Circle packing in a circle is a two-dimensional packing problem with the objective of packing unit circles into the smallest possible larger circle. If...

applications, such as packing objects into shipping containers (see e.g. containerization: the related sphere packing problem has been studied since...

In geometry, close-packing of equal spheres is a dense arrangement of congruent spheres in an infinite, regular arrangement (or lattice). Carl Friedrich...

Sphere packing in a sphere is a three-dimensional packing problem with the objective of packing a given number of equal spheres inside a unit sphere. It...

classification of problem-solving tasks is into well-defined problems with specific obstacles and goals, and ill-defined problems in which the current...

In geometry, tetrahedron packing is the problem of arranging identical regular tetrahedra throughout three-dimensional space so as to fill the maximum...

Wonderland. In his book The Game of Logic he introduced a game to solve problems such as confirming the conclusion "Some greyhounds are not fat" from the...

Discrete Ham-Sandwich Theorems: Provably Good Algorithms for Routing and Packing Problems". UC Berkeley. Retrieved 19 May 2014. Advisor: Clark D. Thompson Roth...

patterns by many orders of magnitude. Gosper has created numerous packing problem puzzles, such as "Twubblesome Twelve". Gosper was the first person...

Sphere packing in a cylinder is a three-dimensional packing problem with the objective of packing a given number of identical spheres inside a cylinder...

Hilbert's problems are 23 problems in mathematics published by German mathematician David Hilbert in 1900. They were all unsolved at the time, and several...

one need be output. This problem is sometimes referred to as "vertex packing". In the maximum-weight independent set problem, the input is an undirected...

and astronomer Johannes Kepler, is a mathematical theorem about sphere packing in three-dimensional Euclidean space. It states that no arrangement of...

that. Covering problems are minimization problems and usually integer linear programs, whose dual problems are called packing problems. The most prominent...

sphere packings thanks to their large number. Sphere packing problems are distinguished between packings in given containers and free packings. This article...

Many mathematical problems have been stated but not yet solved. These problems come from many areas of mathematics, such as theoretical physics, computer...

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cover problem. Benchmarks with Hidden Optimum Solutions for Set Covering, Set Packing and Winner Determination A compendium of NP optimization problems -...