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Operational Research (O.R .) case studies. What’s the problem?. www.LearnAboutOR.com. You are saving music files to CD You have a number of music files of different sizes And you have 5 CDs. www.LearnAboutOR.com.
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Operational Research (O.R.) case studies
What’s the problem? www.LearnAboutOR.com
You are saving music files to CD You have a number of music files of different sizes And you have 5 CDs www.LearnAboutOR.com
You know that the total storage capacity of the CDs is enough for all your files www.LearnAboutOR.com
But is it possibleto fit all the songs you have on to the CDs? (without splitting songs!) www.LearnAboutOR.com
This is an example of a Bin-Packing Problem www.LearnAboutOR.com
Bin-Packing Problems There are some containers all with the same cross-section and height There are some objects, also with this cross-section, but with different heights How do you pack the objects into the containers using as few containers as possible? www.LearnAboutOR.com
Other examples where this might be used Loading vehicles of different lengths on to the lanes of ferries www.LearnAboutOR.com
Other examples where this might be used Buying cable that is sold in fixed lengths (when various shorter lengths are needed to complete a job) www.LearnAboutOR.com
What next? Over the next few lessons, we will look at ways of approaching problems of this type… www.LearnAboutOR.com