A formulation space search heuristic for packing unequal circles in a fixed size circular container

C.O. López and John Beasley

European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 251, issue 1, 64-73

Abstract: In this paper we consider the problem of packing unequal circles in a fixed size circular container, where the objective is to maximise the value of the circles packed. We consider two different objectives: maximise the number of circles packed; maximise the area of the circles packed.

Keywords: Circle packing; Formulation space search; Mixed-integer nonlinear optimisation; Nonlinear optimisation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.10.062

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