Test problems for quasi-satellite packing: Cylinders packing with behavior constraints and all the optimal solutions known

This paper presents seven test problems with all the optimal solutions known on the background of the layout optimization problem of a simplified international communication satellite module, aiming to evaluate the algorithm performance on solving three-dimensional packing problem with behavior constraints. The test problems are constructed in the following step. First, place N (=217) cylinders of different size within a big cylindrical container such that the cylinders are tangent to each other or touch the container. Then, sort the cylinders in descending sequence and divide them into q=23 groups according to radius. At last, we choose seven groups (q=1,2,…,7) of cylinders to construct test problems (Nmax=49) with all the optimal solutions known. User can select the test problem with different number of cylinders (Nmax≤49) according to the algorithm performance. Also the cylinder number of the test problem can be increased by the proposed construction method.

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