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The Subset Sum problem is a classical NP-complete problem with a long-standing $O^*(2^{n/2})$ deterministic bound due to Horowitz and Sahni. We present results at two distinct levels of generality. First (instance-sensitive bound), we…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-08-29 Jesus Salas

This paper is concerned with the problem of finding two sets of integers, $\{a_1, a_2, \ldots$, $a_m\}$ and $\{b_1, b_2, \ldots, b_n\}$, such that all the $mn$ sums $a_i+b_j, i=1, \ldots, m, j=1, \ldots, n$, are perfect squares. A method is…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2025-08-12 Ajai Choudhry

Given $(a_1, \dots, a_n, t) \in \mathbb{Z}_{\geq 0}^{n + 1}$, the Subset Sum problem ($\mathsf{SSUM}$) is to decide whether there exists $S \subseteq [n]$ such that $\sum_{i \in S} a_i = t$. There is a close variant of the $\mathsf{SSUM}$,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-06-02 Pranjal Dutta , Mahesh Sreekumar Rajasree

Sequence partition problems arise in many fields, such as sequential data analysis, information transmission, and parallel computing. In this paper, we study the following partition problem variant: given a sequence of $n$ items…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Kai Jin , Danna Zhang , Canhui Zhang

The Subset Sum Problem is a fundamental NP-complete problem in cryptography and combinatorial optimization, with many real-world applications. The Random Subset Sum Problem (RSSP) is a more applicable version of subset sum, where numbers…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-05-21 Edwin Chen , Christof Teuscher

This paper presents a deterministic algorithmic approach of exploring the solution space of the Subset Sum Problem. The algorithm presented is input-robust and structurally adaptive. Exploration is guided and narrows into areas in the…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2025-06-19 Thami Nkosi

Benchmark instances for the unbounded knapsack problem are typically generated according to specific criteria within a given constant range $R$, and these instances can be referred to as the unbounded knapsack problem with bounded…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-19 Yang Yang

In the Equal-Subset-Sum problem, we are given a set $S$ of $n$ integers and the problem is to decide if there exist two disjoint nonempty subsets $A,B \subseteq S$, whose elements sum up to the same value. The problem is NP-complete. The…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-04 Marcin Mucha , Jesper Nederlof , Jakub Pawlewicz , Karol Węgrzycki

An important area of research in exact algorithms is to solve Subset-Sum-type problems faster than meet-in-middle. In this paper we study Pigeonhole Equal Sums, a total search problem proposed by Papadimitriou (1994): given $n$ positive…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-03-29 Ce Jin , Hongxun Wu

Consider positive integral solutions $x \in \mathbb{Z}^{n+1}$ to the equation $a_0 x_0 + \ldots + a_n x_n = t$. In the so called unbounded subset sum problem, the objective is to decide whether such a solution exists, whereas in the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-08-13 Kim-Manuel Klein

Given a multiset $S$ of $n$ positive integers and a target integer $t$, the subset sum problem is to decide if there is a subset of $S$ that sums up to $t$. We present a new divide-and-conquer algorithm that computes all the realizable…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-12-13 Konstantinos Koiliaris , Chao Xu

In this paper we suggest analytical methods and associated algorithms for determining the sum of the subsets $X_m$ of the set $X_n$ (subset sum problem). Our algorithm has time complexity $T=O(C_{n}^{k})$ ($k=[m/2]$, which significantly…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-05 B. Sinchev , A. B. Sinchev , J. Akzhanova , A. M. Mukhanova , Y. Issekeshev

The Subset Sum problem asks whether a given set of $n$ positive integers contains a subset of elements that sum up to a given target $t$. It is an outstanding open question whether the $O^*(2^{n/2})$-time algorithm for Subset Sum by…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-08-26 Per Austrin , Mikko Koivisto , Petteri Kaski , Jesper Nederlof

The unbounded knapsack problem with bounded weights is a variant of the well-studied variant of the traditional binary knapsack problem; key changes being the relaxation of the binary constraint and allowing the unit weights of each item to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Michael Beyer , Steven Mills

The {\em shortest common superstring} and the {\em shortest common supersequence} are two well studied problems having a wide range of applications. In this paper we consider both problems with resource constraints, denoted as the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-06-29 Raphaël Clifford , Zvi Gotthilf , Moshe Lewenstein , Alexandru Popa

A long-standing open question in Integer Programming is whether integer programs with constraint matrices with bounded subdeterminants are efficiently solvable. An important special case thereof are congruency-constrained integer programs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-26 Martin Nägele , Richard Santiago , Rico Zenklusen

In the Bin Packing problem one is given $n$ items with weights $w_1,\ldots,w_n$ and $m$ bins with capacities $c_1,\ldots,c_m$. The goal is to find a partition of the items into sets $S_1,\ldots,S_m$ such that $w(S_j) \leq c_j$ for every bin…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Jesper Nederlof , Jakub Pawlewicz , Céline M. F. Swennenhuis , Karol Węgrzycki

Given a set (or multiset) S of n numbers and a target number t, the subset sum problem is to decide if there is a subset of S that sums up to t. There are several methods for solving this problem, including exhaustive search,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-07-17 Zhengjun Cao , Lihua Liu

We study the problem of estimating the sum of $n$ elements, each with weight $w(i)$, in a structured universe. Our goal is to estimate $W = \sum_{i=1}^n w(i)$ within a $(1 \pm \epsilon)$ factor using a sublinear number of samples, assuming…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Pinki Pradhan , Sampriti Roy

The usefulness of parameterized algorithmics has often depended on what Niedermeier has called, "the art of problem parameterization". In this paper we introduce and explore a novel but general form of parameterization: the number of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-05-19 Michael R. Fellows , Serge Gaspers , Frances A. Rosamond