Linear time-approximation algorithms for bin packing

نویسندگان

  • Guochuan Zhang
  • Xiaoqiang Cai
  • Chak-Kuen Wong
چکیده

Simchi-Levi (Naval Res. Logist. 41 (1994) 579–585) proved that the famous bin packing algorithms FF and BF have an absolute worst-case ratio of no more than 4 , and FFD and BFD have an absolute worst-case ratio of 3 2 , respectively. These algorithms run in time O(n log n). In this paper, we provide a linear time constant space (number of bins kept during the execution of the algorithm is constant) o -line approximation algorithms with absolute worst-case ratio 2 . This result is best possible unless P = NP. Furthermore, we present a linear time constant space on-line algorithm and prove that the absolute worst-case ratio is 4 . c © 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Oper. Res. Lett.

دوره 26  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2000