Optimal Bin Packing with Random Lengths

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Given a set of blocks of random lengths (shown at the bottom), what is the optimal subset to include in order to achieve a given target length? This Demonstration shows the subsets that minimize the difference between actual and target length.

Contributed by: Yifan Hu and Stephen Wolfram (March 2011)
Open content licensed under CC BY-NC-SA


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