Subj : Re: stacking algorithm
To   : comp.programming
From : Michael Jørgensen
Date : Thu Aug 04 2005 12:48 pm


"nobiscuit" <nobiscuit@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1123109611.311910.111650@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

> I figure this has to be a pretty common problem.  I did a google search
> but didn't find anything.  Can anyone suggest an algorithm which is
> similar or does anyone have any cunning suggestions for an algorithm?

This sounds exactly like the "bin packing problem". There's lots of it in
google.

-Michael.

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