Exact solution techniques for two-dimensional cutting and packing

M Iori, VL De Lima, S Martello, FK Miyazawa… - European Journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
We survey the main formulations and solution methods for two-dimensional orthogonal
cutting and packing problems, where both items and bins are rectangles. We focus on exact …

Arc flow formulations based on dynamic programming: Theoretical foundations and applications

VL de Lima, C Alves, F Clautiaux, M Iori… - European Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Network flow formulations are among the most successful tools to solve optimization
problems. Such formulations correspond to determining an optimal flow in a network. One …

[HTML][HTML] Last fifty years of integer linear programming: a focus on recent practical advances

F Clautiaux, I Ljubić - European Journal of Operational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) has become a cornerstone of operations research.
This is driven by the enhanced efficiency of modern solvers, which can today find globally …

Mathematical models for a cutting problem in the glass manufacturing industry

F Parreño, R Alvarez-Valdes - Omega, 2021 - Elsevier
The glass cutting problem proposed for the ROADEF 2018 challenge is a two-dimensional,
three-stage guillotine cutting process, with an additional cut to obtain pieces in some specific …

[HTML][HTML] The Floating-Cuts model: a general and flexible mixed-integer programming model for non-guillotine and guillotine rectangular cutting problems

E Silva, JF Oliveira, T Silveira, L Mundim, MA Carravilla - Omega, 2023 - Elsevier
Cutting and packing problems are challenging combinatorial optimization problems that
have many relevant industrial applications and arise whenever a raw material has to be cut …

[HTML][HTML] Solution methods for scheduling problems with sequence-dependent deterioration and maintenance events

M Delorme, M Iori, NFM Mendes - European Journal of Operational …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this work, we study the problem of scheduling jobs and maintenance activities on a set of
unrelated parallel machines, by considering that the processing time of a job increases …

Solving a large cutting problem in the glass manufacturing industry

F Parreño, MT Alonso, R Alvarez-Valdés - European Journal of Operational …, 2020 - Elsevier
The glass cutting problem proposed by Saint Gobain for the 2018 ROADEF challenge
includes some specific constraints that prevent the direct application of procedures …

An anytime tree search algorithm for the 2018 ROADEF/EURO challenge glass cutting problem

L Libralesso, F Fontan - European journal of operational research, 2021 - Elsevier
In this article, we present the anytime tree search algorithm we designed for the 2018
ROADEF/EURO challenge glass cutting problem proposed by the French company Saint …

On guillotine separable packings for the two-dimensional geometric knapsack problem

A Khan, A Maiti, A Sharma, A Wiese - arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.09735, 2021 - arxiv.org
In two-dimensional geometric knapsack problem, we are given a set of n axis-aligned
rectangular items and an axis-aligned square-shaped knapsack. Each item has integral …

Constrained two‐dimensional guillotine cutting problem: upper‐bound review and categorization

M Russo, M Boccia, A Sforza… - … in Operational Research, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In the two‐dimensional (2D) cutting (2DC) problem, a large rectangular sheet has to be
dissected into smaller rectangular pieces with the aim of maximizing the total profit …