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A variant of the classical knapsack problem is considered in which each item is associated with an integer weight and a qualitative level. We define a dominance relation over the feasible subsets of the given item set and show that this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-13 Luca E. Schäfer , Tobias Dietz , Maria Barbati , José Rui Figueira , Salvatore Greco , Stefan Ruzika

The min-knapsack problem with compactness constraints extends the classical knapsack problem, in the case of ordered items, by introducing a restriction ensuring that they cannot be too far apart. This problem has applications in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-28 Hubert Villuendas , Mathieu Besançon , Jérôme Malick

In the knapsack problem under explorable uncertainty, we are given a knapsack instance with uncertain item profits. Instead of having access to the precise profits, we are only given uncertainty intervals that are guaranteed to contain the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-04 Jens Schlöter

In the maximum independent set of convex polygons problem, we are given a set of $n$ convex polygons in the plane with the objective of selecting a maximum cardinality subset of non-overlapping polygons. Here we study a special case of the…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Fabrizio Grandoni , Edin Husić , Mathieu Mari , Antoine Tinguely

We study ROUND-UFP and ROUND-SAP, two generalizations of the classical BIN PACKING problem that correspond to the unsplittable flow problem on a path (UFP) and the storage allocation problem (SAP), respectively. We are given a path with…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Debajyoti Kar , Arindam Khan , Andreas Wiese

We apply the replica analysis established by Gardner to the multi-constraint continuous knapsack problem,which is one of the linear programming problems and a most fundamental problem in the field of operations research (OR). For a large…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-08-31 Jun-ichi Inoue

We propose new formulations of max-sum and max-min dispersion problems that enable solutions via the Grover adaptive search (GAS) quantum algorithm, offering quadratic speedup. Dispersion problems are combinatorial optimization problems…

We consider two well-known natural variants of bin packing, and show that these packing problems admit asymptotic fully polynomial time approximation schemes (AFPTAS). In bin packing problems, a set of one-dimensional items of size at most…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-02-16 Leah Epstein , Asaf Levin

Let $P$ be a set of $n$ points in the plane, where each element of $P$ is assigned a weight $\omega(p)$, positive or negative. In this paper, we present an algorithm that runs in $O(n^4\log n)$ time and $O(n)$ space to find two possibly…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2026-05-22 José Fernández Goycoolea , Luis H. Herrera , Pablo Pérez Lantero , Carlos Seara

We present approximation algorithms for maximum independent set of pseudo-disks in the plane, both in the weighted and unweighted cases. For the unweighted case, we prove that a local search algorithm yields a \PTAS. For the weighted case,…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2011-03-09 Timothy M. Chan , Sariel Har-Peled

The multiple-choice knapsack problem (MCKP) is a classic NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem. Motivated by several significant real-world applications, this work investigates a novel variant of MCKP called chance-constrained…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Xuanfeng Li , Shengcai Liu , Jin Wang , Xiao Chen , Yew-Soon Ong , Ke Tang

In this article, we consider the problems of finding in $d+1$ dimensions a minimum-volume axis-parallel box, a minimum-volume arbitrarily-oriented box and a minimum-volume convex body into which a given set of $d$-dimensional unit-radius…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Helmut Alt , Sergio Cabello , Otfried Cheong , Ji-won Park , Nadja Seiferth

An unconstrained nonlinear binary optimization problem of selecting a maximum expected value subset of items is considered. Each item is associated with a profit and probability. Each of the items succeeds or fails independently with the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-06-23 Noam Goldberg , Gabor Rudolf

The Knapsack problem is one of the most fundamental NP-complete problems at the intersection of computer science, optimization, and operations research. A recent line of research worked towards understanding the complexity of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Karl Bringmann

Packing and vehicle routing problems play an important role in the area of supply chain management. In this paper, we introduce a non-linear knapsack problem that occurs when packing items along a fixed route and taking into account travel…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-16 Sergey Polyakovskiy , Frank Neumann

The multiple knapsack problem (MKP) generalizes the classical knapsack problem by assigning items to multiple knapsacks subject to capacity constraints. It is used to model many real-world resource allocation and scheduling problems. In…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-14 Ishara Hewa Pathiranage , Aneta Neumann

The Knapsack Problem is a classic problem in combinatorial optimisation. Solving these problems may be computationally expensive. Recent years have seen a growing interest in the use of deep learning methods to approximate the solutions to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-07 Mitchell Keegan , Mahdi Abolghasemi

We introduce and study four optimization problems that generalize the well-known subset sum problem. Given a node-weighted digraph, select a subset of vertices whose total weight does not exceed a given budget. Some additional constraints…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-09-06 Laurent Gourvès , Jérôme Monnot , Lydia Tlilane

The maximum traveling salesman problem (Max TSP) consists of finding a Hamiltonian cycle with the maximum total weight of the edges in a given complete weighted graph. This problem is APX-hard in the general metric case but admits…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Vladimir Shenmaier

Let $A$ be an integral nonnegative $m\times n$ matrix, $b$ be an integral nonnegative vector. It is suggested new method for reduction of integer program $\max \{cx| Ax=b, x\ge 0, x\in\mathbf{Z}^n\}$ to knapsack problem $\max \{c'x| fAx=fb,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2008-06-25 S. I. Veselov