Xref: utzoo comp.ai.neural-nets:3229 sci.math.num-analysis:1866 sci.math.stat:2219 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!spool.mu.edu!cs.umn.edu!mmm.serc.3m.com!news From: schultz@halley.est.3m.com (John C. Schultz) Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets,sci.math.num-analysis,sci.math.stat Subject: optimal packing problems Message-ID: Date: 16 Apr 91 14:32:45 GMT Sender: news@mmm.serc.3m.com Organization: 3M Company, 3M Center, Minnesota, USA Lines: 12 Does anyone have suggestions on optimal packing techniques? Specifically I am interested in how to maximize the number of arbitrary sized rectangles which can be positioned anywhere on a larger, arbitrary sized rectangle. Thanks for any help. -- John C. Schultz EMAIL: schultz@halley.serc.3m.com 3M Company, Building 518-01-1 WRK: +1 (612) 733-4047 1865 Woodlane Drive, Dock 4, Woodbury, MN 55125 How to include the taste of Glendronach in a multi-media system?