{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2951501758","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3323165.3323180","title":"The Price of Clustering in Bin-Packing with Applications to Bin-Packingwith Delays","display_name":"The Price of Clustering in Bin-Packing with Applications to Bin-Packingwith Delays","publication_year":2019,"publication_date":"2019-06-17","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2951501758","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3323165.3323180","mag":"2951501758"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3323165.3323180","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3323165.3323180","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The 31st ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5082061504","display_name":"Yossi Azar","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5097-8993"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Yossi Azar","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5000264005","display_name":"Yuval Emek","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3123-3451"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I174306211","display_name":"Technion \u2013 Israel Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/03qryx823","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I174306211"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yuval Emek","raw_affiliation_strings":["Technion, Haifa, Israel"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Technion, Haifa, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I174306211"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5070193017","display_name":"Rob van Stee","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3664-0865"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I206895457","display_name":"University of Siegen","ror":"https://ror.org/02azyry73","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I206895457"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Rob van Stee","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Siegen, Siegen, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I206895457"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5048310514","display_name":"Danny Vainstein","orcid":null},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I16391192","display_name":"Tel Aviv University","ror":"https://ror.org/04mhzgx49","country_code":"IL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}],"countries":["IL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Danny Vainstein","raw_affiliation_strings":["Tel-Aviv University, rehovot, Israel"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Tel-Aviv University, rehovot, Israel","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5082061504"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I16391192"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.5228,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":11,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.85699174,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":99},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"10"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12176","display_name":"Optimization and Packing Problems","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12176","display_name":"Optimization and Packing Problems","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12288","display_name":"Optimization and Search Problems","score":0.9991000294685364,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11814","display_name":"Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization","score":0.9966999888420105,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bin-packing-problem","display_name":"Bin packing problem","score":0.8567146062850952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bin","display_name":"Bin","score":0.682715654373169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/infimum-and-supremum","display_name":"Infimum and supremum","score":0.6243658065795898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cluster-analysis","display_name":"Cluster analysis","score":0.623992383480072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/combinatorics","display_name":"Combinatorics","score":0.6209843754768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/partition","display_name":"Partition (number theory)","score":0.6121946573257446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.4493166506290436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.4167846143245697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/discrete-mathematics","display_name":"Discrete mathematics","score":0.36804139614105225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/algorithm","display_name":"Algorithm","score":0.2608303129673004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.12981736660003662}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C87219788","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q814581","display_name":"Bin packing problem","level":3,"score":0.8567146062850952},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C156273044","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4913766","display_name":"Bin","level":2,"score":0.682715654373169},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C95611797","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17502105","display_name":"Infimum and supremum","level":2,"score":0.6243658065795898},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73555534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622825","display_name":"Cluster analysis","level":2,"score":0.623992383480072},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C114614502","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q76592","display_name":"Combinatorics","level":1,"score":0.6209843754768372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C42812","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1082910","display_name":"Partition (number theory)","level":2,"score":0.6121946573257446},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.4493166506290436},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.4167846143245697},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C118615104","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q121416","display_name":"Discrete mathematics","level":1,"score":0.36804139614105225},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C11413529","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8366","display_name":"Algorithm","level":1,"score":0.2608303129673004},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.12981736660003662}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3323165.3323180","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3323165.3323180","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The 31st ACM Symposium on Parallelism in Algorithms and Architectures","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/16","score":0.6800000071525574,"display_name":"Peace, Justice and strong institutions"}],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G3570950365","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"1506/16, 1016/17","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322252","funder_display_name":"Israel Science Foundation"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320322252","display_name":"Israel Science Foundation","ror":"https://ror.org/04sazxf24"}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":31,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W1543921836","https://openalex.org/W1552828154","https://openalex.org/W1945584931","https://openalex.org/W2011039300","https://openalex.org/W2043862089","https://openalex.org/W2045271686","https://openalex.org/W2048628062","https://openalex.org/W2057082426","https://openalex.org/W2058200712","https://openalex.org/W2076257979","https://openalex.org/W2100830825","https://openalex.org/W2123068254","https://openalex.org/W2144743031","https://openalex.org/W2145028977","https://openalex.org/W2173213060","https://openalex.org/W2189465200","https://openalex.org/W2295274877","https://openalex.org/W2569244175","https://openalex.org/W2750046462","https://openalex.org/W2799178702","https://openalex.org/W2807287186","https://openalex.org/W2883104186","https://openalex.org/W2898704135","https://openalex.org/W2950274216","https://openalex.org/W2962687396","https://openalex.org/W2962989976","https://openalex.org/W2963074526","https://openalex.org/W2995564009","https://openalex.org/W4237102200","https://openalex.org/W4239429564","https://openalex.org/W6743662696"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2797538013","https://openalex.org/W2026961896","https://openalex.org/W173368591","https://openalex.org/W2034272113","https://openalex.org/W2138242427","https://openalex.org/W4288260564","https://openalex.org/W4255148175","https://openalex.org/W2971368033","https://openalex.org/W2001915926","https://openalex.org/W2096053066"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"One":[0],"of":[1,46,86,112,134,153,171,189,330,338],"the":[2,8,35,52,55,66,100,141,150,157,169,186,213,218,228,234,245,269,272,283,288,313,327],"most":[3],"significant":[4],"algorithmic":[5],"challenges":[6],"in":[7,29,70,116,159],"\"big":[9,335],"data":[10],"era\"":[11],"is":[12,32,82,140,194,215,236,345],"handling":[13],"instances":[14,57,176],"that":[15,119,198,226,230,259,296,343],"are":[16,58,295],"too":[17,83],"large":[18,139],"to":[19,33,91,184,196,242,274,326,334],"be":[20,77,121,162,317],"processed":[21],"by":[22,95],"a":[23,63,106,110,129,221],"single":[24],"machine.":[25],"The":[26],"common":[27],"practice":[28],"this":[30,73,96,165,172,331],"regard":[31],"partition":[34,130],"massive":[36],"problem":[37,352],"instance":[38,108],"into":[39,62,123,136,155],"smaller":[40,56],"ones":[41],"and":[42,128,178,287,305],"process":[43],"each":[44,200],"one":[45,204,256,290],"them":[47],"separately.":[48],"In":[49,164,254,324],"some":[50],"cases,":[51],"solutions":[53],"for":[54,65,300,348],"later":[59],"on":[60],"assembled":[61],"solution":[64],"whole":[67],"instance,":[68],"but":[69],"many":[71],"cases":[72],"last":[74],"stage":[75],"cannot":[76,316],"pursued":[78],"(e.g.,":[79],"because":[80,85],"it":[81,340,344],"costly,":[84],"locality":[87],"issues,":[88],"or":[89],"due":[90],"privacy":[92],"considerations).":[93],"Motivated":[94],"phenomenon,":[97],"we":[98,167],"consider":[99],"following":[101],"natural":[102],"combinatorial":[103,332],"question:":[104],"Given":[105],"bin-packing":[107,187,354],"(namely,":[109],"set":[111],"items":[113,158],"with":[114,277,355],"sizes":[115],"(0,":[117],"1]":[118],"should":[120],"packed":[122],"unit":[124],"capacity":[125],"bins)":[126],"I":[127,135,177],"Ii":[131,180,276],"\\":[132,181],"i":[133],"clusters,":[137],"how":[138],"ratio":[142,173],"\u2211i":[143],"\u00d8pt(Ii)":[144,209,231,251,278],"/":[145],"\u00d8pt(I),":[146],"where":[147,266],"\u00d8pt(J)":[148],"denotes":[149,268],"optimal":[151],"number":[152],"bins":[154],"which":[156],"J":[160],"can":[161],"packed?":[163],"paper,":[166],"investigate":[168],"supremum":[170],"over":[174],"all":[175],"partitions":[179],"i,":[182],"referred":[183],"as":[185,320],"price":[188],"clustering":[190],"(\u00b6oC":[191],").":[192],"It":[193],"trivial":[195],"observe":[197],"if":[199],"cluster":[201],"contains":[202],"only":[203],"tiny":[205],"item":[206],"(and":[207],"hence,":[208],"=":[210,264,310],"1),":[211],"then":[212],"\u00b6oC":[214,235,246,270],"unbounded.":[216],"On":[217],"other":[219],"hand,":[220],"relatively":[222],"straightforward":[223],"argument":[224],"shows":[225],"under":[227,271],"constraint":[229],"\u2265":[232,279,303],"2,":[233],"2.":[237,253],"Our":[238,292],"main":[239,293],"challenge":[240],"was":[241],"determine":[243],"whether":[244],"drops":[247],"below":[248],"2":[249],"when":[250],">":[252,322],"addition,":[255],"may":[257],"hope":[258],"\u0142imk":[260,306],"->":[261,307],"\u221e":[262,308],"\u00b6oC(k)":[263,267,297,309],"1,":[265],"restriction":[273],"clusters":[275],"k.":[280],"We":[281],"resolve":[282],"former":[284,314],"question":[285],"affirmatively":[286],"latter":[289],"negatively:":[291],"results":[294],"\u0142eq":[298],"1.951":[299],"any":[301],"k":[302],"3":[304],"1.691...":[311],"Moreover,":[312],"bound":[315],"significantly":[318],"improved":[319],"\u00b6oC(3)":[321],"1.933.":[323],"addition":[325],"immediate":[328],"contribution":[329],"result":[333],"data\"":[336],"kind":[337],"applications,":[339],"turns":[341],"out":[342],"useful":[346],"also":[347],"an":[349],"interesting":[350],"online":[351],"called":[353],"delays.":[356]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}