The "knapsack problem" is a widespread computing challenge—and no, it doesn't have to do just with literal backpacks. golubovy / iStock Imagine you’re a thief robbing a museum exhibit of tantalizing ...

For the 0-1 knapsack problem with equality constraint a partitioning procedure is introduced which focuses on the core of the problem. The purpose of the procedure is to reduce the required ...

Branch-and-bound algorithms are adequate for the solution of a wide range of 0-1 knapsack problems. It is shown that the simplest method of branching is as good as any. However, problems with highly ...