More than 400 books, articles, dissertations, and working papers are included in this bibliography on cutting and packing problems. The list of published articles and dissertations is a nearly exhaustive compilation of the English-language references on the subject. The list of working papers, although extensive, presents only a sample of the recent work in this field. All of the books and journal articles listed in the bibliography have been categorized according to the dimensionality of the problems studied and the solution methodologies employed.

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Cutting and Packing Problems: A Categorized, Application-Orientated Research Bibliography

The trim-loss and assortment problems: A survey

F II / Best Copy Available ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This thesis owes its birth to Austin Tate, its growth to Robert Ross, and its completion to Brian Boffey. Particular thanks are due to them. I am grateful for access to computing services at Edinburgh University and the Edinburgh Regional Computing Centre. Further computing facilities were provided by the Liverpool _-University Computer Laboratory. This thesis was produced using the GATE text editing system on the Computati: bnal and. Statistical Science departmental computer system at Liverpool University. Many of the diagrams and tables were prepared by Miss«, M. Ross. Other secretarial services were provided by Liverpool University. CONTENTS Chapter 1 Introduction 1 1.1 Motivation and structure 1 1.2 The 1#-dimensional trim-loss problem 3 1.3 The 2-dimensional trim-loss problem 4

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The use of geometric information in heuristic optimization