On the convergence of computational methods for the online bin stretching problem

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Main Authors: Lhomme, Antoine, Catusse, Nicolas, Brauner, Nadia
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Published: 2025
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author Lhomme, Antoine
Catusse, Nicolas
Brauner, Nadia
author_facet Lhomme, Antoine
Catusse, Nicolas
Brauner, Nadia
contents Online bin stretching is an online packing problem where some of the best known lower and upper bounds were found through computational searches. The limiting factor in obtaining better bounds with such methods is the computational time allowed. However, there is still no theoretical guarantee that such methods do converge towards the optimal online performance. This paper shows that such methods do, in fact, converge; moreover, bounds on the gap to the optimal are also given. These results frame a theoretical foundation for the convergence of computational approaches for online problems.
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spellingShingle On the convergence of computational methods for the online bin stretching problem
Lhomme, Antoine
Catusse, Nicolas
Brauner, Nadia
Optimization and Control
Discrete Mathematics
Computer Science and Game Theory
90-XX
Online bin stretching is an online packing problem where some of the best known lower and upper bounds were found through computational searches. The limiting factor in obtaining better bounds with such methods is the computational time allowed. However, there is still no theoretical guarantee that such methods do converge towards the optimal online performance. This paper shows that such methods do, in fact, converge; moreover, bounds on the gap to the optimal are also given. These results frame a theoretical foundation for the convergence of computational approaches for online problems.
title On the convergence of computational methods for the online bin stretching problem
topic Optimization and Control
Discrete Mathematics
Computer Science and Game Theory
90-XX
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.17271