relation: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/632/
title: Mini Max Wallpaper
creator: Marigonda, A.
creator: Aleksov, D.
creator: Idziak, J.
creator: Georgiev, K.
creator: Kozlowski, M.
creator: Krastanov, M.
creator: Veneva, M.
creator: Sikora, M.
creator: Angelov, S.
subject: Retail
subject: None/Other
subject: Decision making
description: Mini Max company formulated a problem for the automatic calculation of the number of wallpaper rolls necessary for decorating a room with wallpaper. The final goal is the development of a web-based calculator open for use to both Mini Max staff and the general public. We propose an approach for reducing the studied problem to the one-dimensional cutting-stock problem. We show this in details for the case of plain wallpapers as well as for the case of patterned wallpapers with straight match. The one-dimensional cutting-stock problem can be formulated as a linear integer programming problem. We develop an approach for calculating the needed number of wallpapers for relatively small problems, create an algorithm in a suitable graphical interface and make different tests. The tests show the efficiency of the proposed approach compared with the existent (available) wallpapers’ calculators.
date: 2013
type: Study Group Report
type: NonPeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://miis.maths.ox.ac.uk/miis/632/1/p4_mini-max.pdf
identifier:   Marigonda, A. and Aleksov, D. and Idziak, J. and Georgiev, K. and Kozlowski, M. and Krastanov, M. and Veneva, M. and Sikora, M. and Angelov, S.  (2013) Mini Max Wallpaper.  [Study Group Report]