Optimizing Bin Packing with Biologically Inspired Approaches: A Study on Bee Colony Optimization
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Bee colony optimization
bin packing
heuristic algorithm
pretreatment.

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S. Patel and E. Thompson, “Optimizing Bin Packing with Biologically Inspired Approaches: A Study on Bee Colony Optimization”, J. Comput. Eng., vol. 9, no. 2, Feb. 2020, Accessed: Apr. 13, 2026. [Online]. Available: https://journalofcomputerengineering.com/index.php/jce/article/view/1181

Abstract

—We treat the two-dimensional bin packing problem which involves packing a given set of rectangles into a minimum number of larger identical rectangles called bins. This combinatorial problem is NP-hard. We propose a pretreatment for the oriented version of the problem that allows the valorization of the lost areas in the bins and the reduction of the size problem. A heuristic method based on the strategy first-fit adapted to this problem is presented. We present an approach of resolution by bee colony optimization. Computational results express a comparison of the number of bins used with and without pretreatment
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