Title :
FFD bin packing for item sizes with distributions on [0,1/2]
Author :
Floyd, Sally ; Karp, Richard
Abstract :
We study the expected behavior of the FFD binpacking algorithm applied to items whose sizes are distributed in accordance with a Poisson process with rate N on the interval [0,1/2] of item sizes. By viewing the algorithm as a succession of queueing processes we show that the expected wasted space for FFD bin-packing is bounded above by 9.4 bins, independent of N. We extend this upper bound to a FFD bin-packing of items in accordance with a non-homogeneous Poisson process with a nonincreasing intensity function λ(t) on [0,1/2].
Keywords :
Computer science; H infinity control; History; Mathematics; Upper bound;
Conference_Titel :
Foundations of Computer Science, 1986., 27th Annual Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Toronto, ON, Canada
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-0740-8
DOI :
10.1109/SFCS.1986.18