sci.op-research

"A.L." wrote in message
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> 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.

Ok! What does make true counting a bit more complex is that several
'systems' out there use the same algorithm(s).

RJ