Approximation Algorithms for Multiple Strip Packing
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In this paper we study the Multiple Strip Packing (MSP) problem, a generalization of the well-known Strip Packing problem. For a given set of rectangles, r1, . . . , rn, with heights and widths ≤ 1, the goal is to find a non-overlapping orthogonal packing without rotations into k ∈ N strips [0, 1]× [0,∞), minimizing the maximum of the heights. We present an approximation algorithm with absolute ratio 2, which is the best possible, unless P = NP, and an improvement of the previous best result with ratio 2 + ε. Furthermore we present simple shelf-based algorithms with short running-time and an AFPTAS for MSP. Since MSP is strongly NP-hard, an FPTAS is ruled out and an AFPTAS is also the best possible result in the sense of approximation theory.
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