Aug 29, 2017 · Artificial Intelligence

Can Deep Reinforcement Learning Shrink Packing Costs? A New 3D Bin Packing Study

This paper introduces a novel three‑dimensional bin‑packing problem where the objective is to minimize the surface area of a single flexible container, proves its NP‑hardness, and demonstrates that a deep reinforcement learning approach using a Pointer Network improves packing efficiency by roughly five percent over traditional heuristics on real‑world data.

3D bin packingcombinatorial optimizationdeep reinforcement learning

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Can Deep Reinforcement Learning Shrink Packing Costs? A New 3D Bin Packing Study