Using a co-operative co-evolutionary genetic algorithm to solve a three-dimensional container loading problem

Author(s):  
C. Pimpawat ◽  
N. Chaiyaratana
2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 89
Author(s):  
Gede A Widyadana ◽  
Audrey Tedja Widjaja ◽  
Kun Jen Wang

A single container loading problem is a problem to effectively load boxes in a three-dimensional container. There are many researchers in this problem try to find the best solution to solve the problem with feasible computation time and to develop some models to solve real case problem. Heuristics are the most method used to solve this problem since the problem is an NP-hard. In this paper, we introduce a hybrid greedy algorithm and simulate annealing algorithm to solve a real container loading problem in one flexible packaging company in Indonesia. Validation is used to show that the method can be applied practically. We use seven real cases to check the validity and performance of the model. The proposed method outperformed the solution developed by the company in all seven cases with feasible computational time.


Author(s):  
Rodrigo Nogueira Cardoso ◽  
Marco Vinícius Muniz Ferreira ◽  
Alexandre Rodrigues de Sousa ◽  
José Jean-Paul Zanlucchi Souza Tavares

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xianbo Xiang ◽  
Caoyang Yu ◽  
He Xu ◽  
Stuart X. Zhu

This paper studies an optimized container loading problem with the goal of maximizing the 3D space utilization. Based on the characteristics of the mathematical loading model, we develop a dedicated placement heuristic integrated with a novel dynamic space division method, which enables the design of the adaptive genetic algorithm in order to maximize the loading space utilization. We use both weakly and strongly heterogeneous loading data to test the proposed algorithm. By choosing 15 classic sets of test data given by Loh and Nee as weakly heterogeneous data, the average space utilization of our algorithm reaching 70.62% outperforms those of 13 algorithms from the related literature. Taking a set of test data given by George and Robinson as strongly heterogeneous data, the space utilization in this paper can be improved by 4.42% in comparison with their heuristic algorithm.


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