A hybrid chaos firefly algorithm for three-dimensional irregular packing problem

The packing problem study how to pack multiple objects without overlap. Various exact and approximate algorithms have been developed for two-dimensional regular and irregular packing as well as three-dimensional bin packing. However, few results are reported for three-dimensional irregular packing p...

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Main Authors: Zhao, C., Jiang, L., Teo, Kok Lay
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS 2020
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Online Access:http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP140100873
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90954
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Summary:The packing problem study how to pack multiple objects without overlap. Various exact and approximate algorithms have been developed for two-dimensional regular and irregular packing as well as three-dimensional bin packing. However, few results are reported for three-dimensional irregular packing problems. This paper will develop a method for solving threedimensional irregular packing problems. A three-grid approximation technique is first introduced to approximate irregular objects. Then, a hybrid heuristic method is developed to place and compact each individual objects where chaos search is embedded into fire y algorithm in order to enhance the algorithm's diversity for optimizing packing sequence and orientations. Results from several computational experiments demonstrate the effectiveness of the hybrid algorithm.