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The bin packing problem (BP) consists in finding the minimum number of bins necessary to pack a set of items so that the total size of the items in each bin does not exceed the bin capacity C. The bin capacity is common for all the bins.

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Dupuis, J., Schaus, P., Deville, Y. (2010). Consistency Check for the Bin Packing Constraint Revisited. In: Lodi, A., Milano, M., Toth, P. (eds) Integration of AI and OR Techniques in Constraint Programming for Combinatorial Optimization Problems. CPAIOR 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6140. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13520-0_15

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