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The Loading Problem

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  • Samuel Eilon

    (Imperial College of Science and Technology, London)

  • Nicos Christofides

    (Imperial College of Science and Technology, London)

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The loading problem is defined as the allocation of given items with known magnitude to boxes with constrained capacity, so as to minimize the number of boxes required. Two methods of solution are considered: The first is by a zero-one programming model, for which the solution procedure is described; the second is by a heuristic algorithm. Fifty problems were solved by the two methods and in all but two the second method yielded the optimal solution with significantly less computing time than that needed by the first method.

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  • Samuel Eilon & Nicos Christofides, 1971. "The Loading Problem," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 17(5), pages 259-268, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ormnsc:v:17:y:1971:i:5:p:259-268
    DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.17.5.259
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