http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/hugo_kornelis/archive/2011/11/01/bin-packing-part-6-further-improvements.aspxIn part 5 of my series on the bin packing problem, I presented a method that sits somewhere in between the true row-by-row iterative characteristics of the first three parts and the truly set-based approach of the fourth part. I did use iteration, butenCommunityServer 2.1 SP2 (Build: 61129.1)http://www2.sqlblog.com/blogs/hugo_kornelis/archive/2011/11/01/bin-packing-part-6-further-improvements.aspx#39686Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:02:20 GMT21093a07-8b3d-42db-8cbf-3350fcbf5496:39686Ian Yates<p>I was browsing SQLBlog.com for the first time in a little while and saw your bin packing articles. &nbsp;I remembered reading them quite a long time ago (three years I guess :P) and thought you had just reposted them. &nbsp;To my pleasant surprise it was a continuation from the past.</p> <p>A great series of posts! &nbsp;Not an easy problem to solve and one that a human can instinctively reason about but it's very difficult, and there's clearly many ways, to transform what's &quot;obvious&quot; into a simple, correct and efficient algorithm.</p> <p>I'll be sure to keep an eye out for the next one!</p>