sci.op-research

On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 05:17:47 GMT, "Royke" wrote:

>"A.L." wrote in message
>news:ct39r3do4da9rohmcc7gn6ocb9ocemp3nt@4ax.com...
>> On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:14:06 -0800 (PST), SteveM
>> wrote:
>>
>>>We're looking for a vehicle packing/loading algorithm for an
>>>analytical study. It's a military operation so the geometries/weights
>>>of the equipment are not standardized to a small set of same dimension
>>>sets like standardized containers. I googled the problem and came up
>>>with some but not much commercial software.
>>
>> I am not sure what you are looking for?.. .Algorithm?... Commercial
>> sofware?... Something like this
>>
>> http://www.softtruck.com/faq's.htm
>>
>> http://www.topseng.com/
>>
>> http://www3.sympatico.ca/harry.clark/truck.htm
>>
>> and tons of other...
>
>'Tons' is a bit much. We are aware of about 35, but that number includes a
>lot of rather primitive attempts (to put it mildly).


In this area, this is my definition of a "ton". That number includes
pretty sophisticated ones (to put it mildly)

A.L.