Performance Bound for Bottom-left Guillotine Packing of Rectangles

Authors

Mahesh Girkar, University of Massachusetts
Bruce MacLeod PhD, University of Southern MaineFollow
Robert Moll, University of Massachusetts

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-1-1992

Publication Title

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Abstract

In this article we show that bottom-left guillotine placement of rectangles ordered by decreasing width in .a fixed-width bin is not more than three times the height of an optimal placement. This bound is also true for bottom-left placement of rectangles without the guillotine constraints. Thus, bottom-left guillotine placement in which rectangles are ordered by decreasing width has the same worst case performance bound as bottom-left placement of rectangles without guillotine constraints.

Comments

Copyright © 1992 Operational Research Society Ltd

Recommended Citation

Girkar, M., MacLeod, B., & Moll, R. Performance bound for bottom-left guillotine packing of rectangles. The Journal of the Operational Research Society, 43(2), 169-175. DOI: 10.2307/2583360