Knapsack problem, Huffman Code, Single Source Shortest Path ...
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Knapsack problem, Huffman Code, Single Source Shortest Path ...
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Chapter 4: The Greedy Method<br />
<strong>Knapsack</strong> <strong>problem</strong><br />
Given n objects and a knapsack. Object i has weight w i and<br />
knapsack has capacity M.<br />
If a fraction x i , 0 x i 1, of object i is placed into the<br />
knapsack, then a profit of p i x i is earned.<br />
Problem may be stated as-<br />
Maximize p i x i , 1 i n ........................(1)<br />
Subject to x M , 1 i n ........................(2)<br />
w i i<br />
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