Arranging components in a two-dimensional area

A computer program product for arranging components in a two-dimensional area, comprising:

• a computer readable storage medium having program instructions embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, the program instructions executable by a device to cause the device to perform a method comprising:
• receiving a set of components for arrangement in the two-dimensional area, the set of components being in a rectangular form;
• based on the set of components not being in a rectangular form, determining rectangular covers for each component, wherein the rectangular covers comprise an object to represent each component within a set of rectangular borders using a minimum area of a rectangle to cover the component;
• based on a predefined order preference set by a user, ordering the set of components according to the predefined order preference by analyzing relevant parameters associated with each component;
• selecting a first width, wherein the first width comprises a width of a widest component in the set of components or a sum of all component's widths;
• and
• mapping the set of components into an infinite vertical strip comprising the first width according to positions in the arrangement, the mapping comprising:
• defining a first direction across the first width, wherein the first direction comprises a left-to-right direction;
• orderly positioning the set of components in a first row across the first direction aligning one of the top or bottom sides of the rectangular covers of an adjacent component until a next component does not fit in the first width;
• before starting a next row, determining whether additional space is available within a height of the first row;
• based on additional space being available, positioning the next component in the available space within the height of the first row to form one or more sub-rows in the first direction extending a distance that is less than the first width;
• positioning the set of components in a next row and one or more sub-rows, until each component in the set of components has been positioned,
• wherein sub-rows and rows are below a previous row when top sides of the rectangular covers are aligned,
• wherein sub-rows and rows are above the previous row when bottom sides of the rectangular covers are aligned;
• and
• based on the set of components being positioned, determining a measure of arrangement quality, and an optimization of the arrangement quality.