A decision-tree framework to select optimal box-sizes for product shipments. (arXiv:2202.04277v1 [cs.LG])

In package-handling facilities, boxes of varying sizes are used to ship
products. Improperly sized boxes with box dimensions much larger than the
product dimensions create wastage and unduly increase the shipping costs. Since
it is infeasible to make unique, tailor-made boxes for each of the $N$
products, the fundamental question that confronts e-commerce companies is: How
many $K << N$ cuboidal boxes need to manufactured and what should be their
dimensions? In this paper, we propose a solution for the …

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