Title
Packing 16, 17 or 18 circles in an equilateral triangle
Abstract
We present new, efficient packings for 16, 17 and 18 congruent circles in an equilateral triangle. The results have been found by the use of simulated annealing and a quasi-Newton optimization technique, supplemented with some human intelligence.
Year
DOI
Venue
1995
10.1016/0012-365X(95)90139-C
Discrete Mathematics
Keywords
Field
DocType
equilateral triangle,simulated annealing
Simulated annealing,Discrete mathematics,Equilateral triangle,Combinatorics,Circle packing in an equilateral triangle,Congruence (geometry),Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
145
1-3
Discrete Mathematics
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
1.32
3
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
J. B. M. Melissen1213.07
P. C. Schuur28714.40