Research Article

A 3D Offline Packing Algorithm considering Cargo Orientation and Stability

Table 5

The space utilization of each box in the packing scheme obtained by the 4 algorithms.

Type of dataAlgorithmThe space utilization of each box (%)
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BR1-1Proposed algorithm85.680.379.476.672.369.330.515.9
Genetic algorithm72.374.665.866.969.271.773.6
Genetic simulated annealing algorithm74.471.773.368.372.369.465.7
Hierarchical heuristics algorithm60.372.364.365.870.866.769.3

BR3-1Proposed algorithm83.273.679.272.372.341.3
Genetic algorithm63.360.759.962.360.363.960.1
Genetic simulated annealing algorithm73.672.962.272.370.070.8
Hierarchical heuristics algorithm65.367.959.170.268.368.721.3

BR5-10Proposed algorithm85.383.980.381.376.474.512.358.4
Genetic algorithm64.361.758.265.361.262.861.1
Genetic simulated annealing algorithm72.370.669.773.469.368.867.030.6
Hierarchical heuristics algorithm63.569.266.964.168.364.465.9