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Cutting and Packing in Production and Distribution

Cutting and Packing in Production and Distribution A Typology and Bibliography - Contributions to Management Science

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Publisher's Synopsis

Within such disciplines as Management Science, Informationand Computer Sciences, Engineering, Mathematics andOperations Research, problems of cutting and packing (C&P)ofconcrete or abstract objects appear under variousspecifications although they have essentially the samelogical structure. This book tries to give a description andcategorization of C&P-problems as a whole, making themcomparable in such a way as to clearly mark theirsimilarities and differences with respect to the underlyingplanning problems. The purpose is to create a basis ofknowledge which presents suggestions for selection,development and utilization of appropriate solutionapproaches.For this purpose the book- creates a consistent terminology for C&P problems,- developes anappropriate characterization scheme of 34properties, and- typifies more than 300 real C&P-problems published in theGerman and English literature.Moreover, the book contains a collection of nearly 700German and English references on C&P-problems.

Book information

ISBN: 9783790806304
Publisher: Physica
Imprint: Physica
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 248
Weight: 560g
Height: 216mm
Width: 138mm
Spine width: 16mm