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SR2 MINIMUM HEIGHT
SR3 M
INIMUM
D
YNAMIC
S
TORAGE
A
LLOCATION
I
NSTANCE
: Set
A
of items to be stored, each
having a size
, an arrival time
, and a departure time
.
S
OLUTION
: A feasible allocation of storage for
A
, i.e., a function
such that, for all
, if
is nonempty then either
or
.
M
EASURE
: The size of the allocation, i.e.,
.
Good News:
Approximable within 6 [
326
] and [
230
].
Comment:
Approximable within 3 if the sizes are powers of 2 [
326
].
Viggo Kann
Mon Apr 21 13:07:14 MET DST 1997