Research Article

Integer Programming Formulations for Approximate Packing Circles in a Rectangular Container

Table 1

Results of the numerical experiments.

Circle radius Problem dimensionCircle numberCompleteHalf Compact Compact half

0.6250.156251403106.4125.5144.8110.6
0.56250.070312524491350.4647.05034.51890.6
0.50.125697182.63.25.224.1
0.43750.0546875366621849.2310.87459.93690.5
0.3750.04687514253250.021.43873.5847.7
0.31250.078125213945403.8183.96514.34451.8
0.2750.068752880611032.4415.3*6985.4
0.250.06253649741234.8535.514645.97840.6
0.18750.04687568971401427.3725.9*8765.2