Inkbit today announced the launch of Pack Studio, a new software platform that turns packaging from a logistical bottleneck ...

Bin packing problems are a class of NP-hard combinatorial optimisation challenges with wide-ranging applications in logistics, manufacturing, cloud computing and scheduling. The fundamental task is to ...

Researchers from Mentor Graphics Corp. are proposing a more complete way to test multiple cores on a system-on-chip. At the International Test Conference, Mentor presented a paper that defines SoC ...

SALT LAKE CITY – During his senior year of college, Timberwolves forward Nathan Knight developed an algorithm that can help people pack for trips. "We all know the hardest part of starting that ...

Operations Research, Vol. 26, No. 5, Operations Research/Computer Science Interface (Sep. - Oct., 1978), pp. 760-772 (13 pages) We consider the bin-packing problem with the constraint that the ...

Geeky holidaymakers wanting to take more on a trip, as well as delivery firms trying to maximise loads and storage, could benefit from a new algorithm that packs collections of differently sized 2D ...

New software algorithms reduce the time and material needed to produce objects with 3-D printers. Here, the wheel on the left was produced with conventional software and the one on the right with the ...