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Two-Bounded-Space Bin Packing Revisited

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Algorithms – ESA 2011 (ESA 2011)

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We analyze approximation algorithms for bounded-space bin packing by comparing them against the optimal bounded-space packing (instead of comparing them against the globally optimal packing that does not necessarily satisfy the bounded-space constraint). For 2-bounded-space bin packing we construct a polynomial time offline approximation algorithm with asymptotic worst case ratio 3/2, and we show a lower bound of 5/4 for this scenario. We show that no 2-bounded-space online algorithm can have an asymptotic worst case ratio better than 4/3.

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of California, Riverside, USA

    Marek Chrobak

  2. Department of Applied Mathematics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jiří Sgall

  3. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, TU Eindhoven, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Gerhard J. Woeginger

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  1. Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, University of Rome " La Sapienza", via Ariosto 25, 00185, Roma, Italy

    Camil Demetrescu

  2. School of Computer Science, Reykjavik University, Menntavegur 1, 101, Reykjavik, Iceland

    Magnús M. Halldórsson

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Chrobak, M., Sgall, J., Woeginger, G.J. (2011). Two-Bounded-Space Bin Packing Revisited. In: Demetrescu, C., Halldórsson, M.M. (eds) Algorithms – ESA 2011. ESA 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6942. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23719-5_23

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