Bin Packing: Set amount on bins, want to minimize the max bin weight

Question

Given n bins of infinite capacity, I want to pack m items into them (each with a specific weight), whilst minimizing the weight of the heaviest bin.

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Answer 1

If the amount of bins is the constraint, instead of the capacity of bins, then it's not a bin packing, it's a multiprocessor scheduling problem.

Usually, you can approach this by a LPT algorithm with pretty good results. Optimizations will be needed though and that's where the fun lies.