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    The knapsack problem is the following problem in combinatorial optimization: Given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine which items...
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  • The knapsack problem is one of the most studied problems in combinatorial optimization, with many real-life applications. For this reason, many special...
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  • computer science, the continuous knapsack problem (also known as the fractional knapsack problem) is an algorithmic problem in combinatorial optimization...
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  • multiple knapsack problem (MKP) is a generalization of both the max-sum MSSP and the knapsack problem. In this problem, there are m knapsacks and n items...
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  • The quadratic knapsack problem (QKP), first introduced in 19th century, is an extension of knapsack problem that allows for quadratic terms in the objective...
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  • quickly in practice. SSP is a special case of the knapsack problem and of the multiple subset sum problem. The run-time complexity of SSP depends on two...
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  • NP-hard problem reducible to the knapsack problem. The problem can be formulated as an integer linear programming problem. A paper machine can produce an...
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  • time O ( ( log ⁡ n ) 6 ) {\displaystyle O((\log {n})^{6})} . In the knapsack problem, we are given n {\displaystyle n} items with weight w i {\displaystyle...
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  • maximizing the value of items that can fit in the bin is known as the knapsack problem. A variant of bin packing that occurs in practice is when items can...
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    optimization problems are the travelling salesman problem ("TSP"), the minimum spanning tree problem ("MST"), and the knapsack problem. In many such problems, such...
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  • for decryption. It is based on the subset sum problem (a special case of the knapsack problem). The problem is as follows: given a set of integers A {\displaystyle...
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    approximation is not always exact. A related problem is the partition problem, a variant of the knapsack problem from operations research. Some weights are...
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  • provable security. This system is based on a type of knapsack problem. Specifically, the underlying problem is this: given integers c,n,p and v0,...,vn, find...
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  • solving an instance of the knapsack problem, which explains the term "knapsack auction". An example application of a knapsack auction is auctioning broadcast...
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  • for many NP-complete problems, such as the knapsack problem, the traveling salesman problem, and the Boolean satisfiability problem, that can solve to optimality...
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  • the integer knapsack problem, and has applications wider than just currency. It is also the most common variation of the coin change problem, a general...
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  • the knapsack problem is as follows: given a set of items of varying volume and a set of knapsacks of varying capacity, assign each item to a knapsack such...
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  • problem reduces to the multiple knapsack problem. If there is a single agent, then, this problem reduces to the knapsack problem. In the following, we have...
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    expressed as decision problems. Boolean satisfiability problem (SAT) Knapsack problem Hamiltonian path problem Travelling salesman problem (decision version)...
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  • NP-complete: MP1  Some problems related to Job-shop scheduling Knapsack problem, quadratic knapsack problem, and several variants: MP9  Some problems related to Multiprocessor...
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    problem Close-packing of equal spheres Conway puzzle Covering problem Cutting stock problem Ellipsoid packing Kissing number problem Knapsack problem...
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  • function continuous knapsack problem Cook reduction Cook's theorem counting sort covering CRCW Crew (algorithm) critical path problem CSP (communicating...
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  • 1  The knapsack problem, as well as some of its variants: 0-1 knapsack problem. Unbounded knapsack problem. Multi-dimensional knapsack problem with Delta-modular...
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    partition problem (WCGTPP) Arc-weighted l-cardinality tree problem (AWlCTP) Multiple knapsack problem (MKP) Maximum independent set problem (MIS) Ant...
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  • Weak NP-completeness (category Weakly NP-complete problems)
    NP-hard knapsack problem can be solved by a dynamic programming algorithm requiring a number of steps polynomial in the size of the knapsack and the number...
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  • Strong NP-completeness (category Strongly NP-complete problems)
    NP-hardness of this unary version of the problem. For example, bin packing is strongly NP-complete while the 0-1 Knapsack problem is only weakly NP-complete. Thus...
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  • most convenient technique for parsing, for the knapsack problem and other combinatorial optimization problems. It is also the program execution strategy used...
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  • Rhine-Westphalia the knapsack problem, a math problem the subset sum problem, a special case of the above Naccache-Stern knapsack cryptosystem, a cryptosystem...
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    The Monty Hall problem is a brain teaser, in the form of a probability puzzle, based nominally on the American television game show Let's Make a Deal...
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    value for many hard problems. For example, the Knapsack problem, where there is a set of items, and the goal is to pack the knapsack to get the maximum...
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