Genetic algorithms, two dimensional bin packing problem, optimization.

Evolutionary algorithms are general iterative algorithms for combinatorial optimization. These algorithms have been found to be very effective and robust in solving numerous problems from a wide range of application domains. In this paper we have performedan experimental studythat indicates the use of genetic algorithms for the two dimensional bin packing problem. This problem is known to be NP-hard; hence many heuristic procedures for its solution have been suggested. We propose a new solution of the problem by a genetic algorithm.