Two dimensional guillotine cutting stock and scheduling problem in printing industry

Mahdi Mostajabdaveh, F. Sibel Salman, Nadia Tahmasbi

Abstract: Highlights•A two-dimensional cutting stock and scheduling problem faced in printing companies.•A nonlinear integer programming model.•A problem-specific genetic algorithm to solve large instances efficiently.•Two efficient packing routines that generate balanced patterns regarding order quantities.•A new dataset coming from a company available online for future benchmarking.