A framework of modularized heuristics for determining the container loading patterns

The container loading problem has important industrial and commercial appli cation. Only a few approaches, however, have been developed to deal with th is problem. This paper aims to integrate some of the developments in contai ner loading methods and organize them into a systematic procedure. In parti cular, this procedure can generate various heuristics that consist of sever al different modules to determine the container loading patterns. We conclu de with a discussion of future research. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.