This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important and frequently considered optimization problems concerning cutting and packing. Based on appropriate modeling approaches for the problems considered, it offers an introduction to the related solution methods. It also addresses aspects like performance results for heuristic algorithms and bounds of the optimal value, as well as the packability of a given set of objects within a predefined container. The problems discussed arise in a wide variety of different fields of application and research, and as such, the fundamental knowledge presented in this book make it a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and researchers who are interested in dealing with such tasks.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the most important and frequently considered optimization problems concerning cutting and packing. Based on appropriate modeling approaches for the problems considered, it offers an introduction to the related solution methods. It also addresses aspects like performance results for heuristic algorithms and bounds of the optimal value, as well as the packability of a given set of objects within a predefined container. The problems discussed arise in a wide variety of different fields of application and research, and as such, the fundamental knowledge presented in this book make it a valuable resource for students, practitioners, and researchers who are interested in dealing with such tasks.

Aus der Vielzahl theoretischer und praktischer Zuschnitt- und Packungsprobleme (ZPP) wird eine Auswahl grundlegender Optimierungsprobleme behandelt, einschliesslich angepasster Modellierung, theoretischer Untersuchung, Auswahl von Losungsstrategien und Beispielrechnungen. Ziel dabei ist, ein moglichst breites Spektrum zu uberdecken und einige Anwendungsaspekte zu diskutieren. Der Leser erhalt damit eine mathematische Grundlage zur Bearbeitung praxisrelevanter ZPP. Durch Aufgaben mit Losungen wird der vermittelte Stoff eingeubt und vertieft."