NETWORK: Interdisciplinary Cutting, Packing and Space Allocation

这项提议寻求资金，以在科学和工业挑战的切割、包装和空间分配领域建立一个英国网络。该网络旨在提供一个新的国家基础和基础设施，以支持对整个工业、商业和服务部门的切割、打包和空间分配方法进行建模、优化、分析、实施和理解的主要跨学科和机构间方法，从而巩固这些部门的决策支持系统的发展。该网络的主要目的之一是在学术界和工业部门之间建立对话，以便向服务部门通报学术界正在开展的工作，并提请它们注意它们与学术研究人员合作的机会(例如，知识转让伙伴关系、案例奖励等)。当然，我们还将鼓励跨机构、跨学科的蓝天研究，这个网络将使研究人员能够合作并发展他们的研究想法。

This proposal seeks the funds to establish a UK network in the scientifically and industrially challenging area of cutting, packing and space allocation. It aims to provide a new national foundation and infrastructure to support major interdisciplinary and inter-institutional approaches for the modelling, optimisation, analysis, implementation and understanding of cutting, packing and space allocation methodologies throughout the industrial, commercial and service sectors so as to underpin decision support system development in these sectors.One of the main aims of the network is establish a dialogue between academia and the industrial sector in order to inform the service sectors of the work that is being carried out within academia and bring to their attention the opportunities that exist for them to work with academic researchers (for example, Knowledge Transfer Partnerships, CASE awards etc.) Of course, we will also encourage inter-institutional, interdisciplinary blue skies, adventerous research and this network will enable researchers to collaborate and develop their research ideas.