2 papers
math.OC2018
Packing a fixed number of identical circles in a circular container with circular prohibited areas
C. O. Lopez, J. E. Beasley
In this paper we consider the problem of packing a fixed number of identical circles inside the unit circle container, where the packing is complicated by the presence of fixed siz…
math.OC2018
Packing unequal rectangles and squares in a fixed size circular container using formulation space search
C. O. López, J. E. Beasley
In this paper we formulate the problem of packing unequal rectangles/squares into a fixed size circular container as a mixed-integer nonlinear program. Here we pack rectangles so a…