Minimizing waste in the 2-dimensional cutting stock problem

The 2-dimensional cutting stock problem is an important problem in the garment manufacturing industry. The problem is to arrange a given set of 2-dimensional patterns onto a rectangular bolt of cloth such that the efficiency is maximised. This arrangement is called a marker. Efficiency is measured b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dean, Hamish T
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Mechanical Engineering 2013
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/7707