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Approximating the product knapsack problem

We consider the product knapsack problem, which is the variant of the classical 0-1 knapsack problem where the objective consists of maximizing the product of the profits of the selected items. These profits are allowed to be positive or negative. We present the first fully polynomial-time approximation scheme for the product knapsack problem, which is known to be weakly NP-hard. Moreover, we analyze the approximation quality achieved by a natural extension of the classical knapsack greedy procedure to the product knapsack problem.

Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Journal: Optimization Letters ; ISSN: 1862-4480 ; Volume: 15 ; Year: 2021 ; Issue: 8 ; Pages: 2529-2540 ; Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer

Classification
Mathematik
Subject
Knapsack problem
Approximation scheme
Greedy procedure

Event
Geistige Schöpfung
(who)
Pferschy, Ulrich
Schauer, Joachim
Thielen, Clemens
Event
Veröffentlichung
(who)
Springer
(where)
Berlin, Heidelberg
(when)
2021

DOI
doi:10.1007/s11590-021-01760-x
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  • Pferschy, Ulrich
  • Schauer, Joachim
  • Thielen, Clemens
  • Springer

Time of origin

  • 2021

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