Journal
OPERATIONS RESEARCH
Volume 62, Issue 5, Pages 1126-1141Publisher
INFORMS
DOI: 10.1287/opre.2014.1307
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- Canadian Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC)
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This paper describes an exact algorithm for solving a two-dimensional orthogonal packing problem with unloading constraints, which occurs as a subproblem of mixed vehicle routing and loading problems. The packing considered in this work is basically a feasibility problem involving a single bin. The problem is addressed through a decomposition approach wherein a branch-and-cut algorithm is designed for solving a one-dimensional relaxation of the original problem. When an integer solution is found in the branching tree, a subsidiary problem is solved to identify a two-dimensional packing that does not lead to any overlap and satisfies the unloading constraints. Cuts are added when the subsidiary problem proves to be infeasible. Several preprocessing techniques aimed at reducing the size of the solution space and uncovering infeasibility are also described. A numerical comparison with the best known exact method is reported at the end based on benchmark instances.
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