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TwoBinPack - Scala architecture for two-dimensional packing

TwoBinPack - Scala architecture for two-dimensional packing

Operations Research is the science and art of solving practical - often very difficult - problems with mathematical elegance, minimalism and efficiency.

Two-dimensional packing consists of paramount, well-known classes of problems that can arise in a wide variety of contexts - from warehouse stocking to cargo loading, or wood craftsmanship and page layouts, ...

TwoBinPack is a comprehensive Scala architecture, employing hybrid OOP-FP techniques, designed to interactively tackle the above problems and study - via dedicated, extensible analytics tool - how they are usually solved by people, therefore enabling both practical solving and long-term statistical analysis, to gather further insight on the topic.

Last but not least, it is my MSc project in Computer Engineering! ^__^

Official website: http://gianlucacosta.info/TwoBinPack/

Gianluca Costa

December 19, 2016
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  1. Gianluca Costa
    TwoBinPack
    Scala architecture for two-dimensional packing
    http://gianlucacosta.info/

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  2. Two-dimensional packing problems
    Knapsack:
    Strip:

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  3. There are several algorithms, but...
    ...what about
    human reasoning?

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  4. Main requirements
    We need a dedicated software tool
    Create problem
    instances
    Let users play and
    find solutions
    Gather solutions and
    consult analytics
    We need to…

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  5. TwoBinPack – ScalaFX apps
    TwoBinManager

    Create problem instances

    Export problem bundles

    Import solutions created by TwoBinGame

    Consult analytics
    TwoBinGame

    Play with two-dimensional packing problems

    Create solution files for TwoBinManager

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  6. TwoBinPack – Basic workflow
    TwoBinManager TwoBinGame
    Problem Bundle
    User Solutions

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  7. TwoBinManager – Main window

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  8. TwoBinGame – Game window

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  9. Architecture layers

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  10. Architecture details

    Written in Scala, with just a handful of POJOs (Plain Old
    Java Objects)


    Extensive test coverage; tests are all based on the
    expressive Scalatest framework

    Open source, published on GitHub under the GPLv3
    license
    OOP FP
    Hybrid
    Architecture

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  11. Integration with external systems
    TwoBinManager
    External system
    Standard Problem

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  12. Extensible architecture
    TwoBinManager
    Generators Importers
    Analytics Providers

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  13. First tests – Setup

    8 bundles, then 16

    Each bundle contains 7 problems of different
    estimated difficulty – from fairly easy (but not
    trivial) to very difficult

    Each problem has a time limit, according to
    the above difficulty

    User base of ~200 students, at the universities
    of Bologna and Reggio Emilia
    These data are courtesy of the Operations Research groups at Unibo and Unimore.

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  14. First tests – Result excerpts
    Frame height
    % of optimal
    solutions
    10 40%
    15 21%
    20 6%
    Rotation
    % of optimal
    solutions
    No 19%
    Yes 26%
    Time limit
    (in minutes)
    Average % gap from
    optimal solution
    4 9.8%
    5 8.7%
    6 6.6%
    7 6.7%
    These data are courtesy of the Operations Research groups at Unibo and Unimore.
    Medium-difficulty problem, assigned to everyone

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  15. Official website
    http://gianlucacosta.info/TwoBinPack

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  16. Conclusions
    Gnoseological
    results
    Enhanced
    algorithms
    Open source
    framework
    Plugins &
    New apps

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  17. Special thanks

    Special thanks, for their valuable advice and
    suggestions, to:
    – Professor Silvano Martello
    – Prof. Manuel Iori
    – Prof. Enrico Malaguti
    – Dr. Maxence Delorme

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  18. Elegance always matters
    Thanks for your attention! ^__^!

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