Packing problems have many applications in computer science. For this reason, there are numerous ways in which they can be solved. This thesis concerns a very specific packing problem. We want to optimally pack several screw grids into a finite number of boxes. Firstly, the problem was written as a multiple knapsack problem and as a bin packing problem. Secondly, we used two OR-Tools solvers to solve it. One is designed for solving multiple knapsack problems and the other is for solving bin packing problems. Lastly, we compared the results in terms of their execution time and the number of optimal solutions.
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