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packing problem

class of optimization problems in mathematics that involve attempting to pack objects together into containers. The goal is to either pack a single container as densely as possible or pack all objects using as few containers as possible
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packing problem

Summary

packing problem ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • packing problem's image is recorded as Citrus fruits.jpg[2].
  • packing problem's subclass of is recorded as optimization problem[3].
  • packing problem's Commons category is recorded as Packing problems[4].
  • packing problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01f68j[5].
  • packing problem's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Packing problems[6].
  • packing problem's different from is recorded as knapsack problem[7].
  • packing problem's MathWorld ID is recorded as KlarnersTheorem[8].
  • packing problem's STW Thesaurus for Economics ID is recorded as 29918-0[9].
  • packing problem's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as packing[10].
  • packing problem's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[11].
  • packing problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 130253271[12].
  • packing problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2909147274[13].
  • packing problem's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C130253271[14].

Why It Matters

packing problem ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (261 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[15] It is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[16]

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  13. [14] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [16] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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