In this paper, a specific cutting problem will be considered that has only received very limited attention in the literature so far, namely one in which the plate to be cut down contains a (rectangular) defective region...

In this paper, a two-dimensional cutting problem is consideredin which a single plate (large object) has to be cut down into a set of smallitems of maximal value. As opposed to standard cutting problems, thelarge object contains a defect, which must not be covered by a small item.The problem is...