Three-dimensional bin-packing algorithm for urban logistic distribution

This paper presents a new three-dimensional bin-packing algorithm for the urban logistic distribution.The algorithm divides the three-dimensional space into many small cuboids and uses the corresponding data structure to denote them.The algorithm can deal with many items with different size in 3 directions and can pack one item using six different directions.When used in conjunction with available algorithms for vehicle scheduling problem,then it is easy to get an entire intelligent algorithm for the urban logistic distribution.