0/1 Knapsack Problem

0/1 KNAPSACK PROBLEM

Let i be the highest-numbered item in an optimal solution S for W pounds. Then S` = S - {i} is an optimal solution for W - wi pounds and the value to the solution S is Vi plus the value of the subproblem.

We can express this fact in the following formula: define c[i, w] to be the solution for items 1,2, . . . , i and maximum weight w. Then

This says that the value of the solution to i items either include ith item, in which case it is vi plus a subproblem solution for (i - 1) items and the weight excluding wi, or does not include ith item, in which case it is a subproblem's solution for (i - 1) items and the same weight.

That is, if the thief picks item i, thief takes vi value, and thief can choose from items w - wi, and get c[i - 1, w - wi] additional value. On other hand, if thief decides not to take item i, thief can choose from item 1,2, . . . , i- 1 upto the weight limit w, and get c[i - 1, w] value. The better of these two choices should be made.

Although the 0-1 knapsack problem, the above formula for c is similar to LCS formula: boundary values are 0, and other values are computed from the input and "earlier" values of c. So the 0-1 knapsack algorithm is like the LCS-length algorithm given in CLR for finding a longest common subsequence of two sequences.

The algorithm takes as input the maximum weight W, the number of items n, and the two sequences v = <v1, v2, . . . , vn> and w = <w 1, w2, . . . , wn>. It stores the c[i, j] values in the table, that is, a two dimensional array, c[0 . . n, 0 . . w] whose entries are computed in a row-major order. That is, the first row of c is filled in from left to right, then the second row, and so on. At the end of the computation, c[n, w] contains the maximum value that can be picked into the knapsack.

dynamic-0-1-knapsack (v, w, n, w)

for w = 0 to w

do c[0, w] = 0 for i=1 to n

do c[i, 0] = 0 for w=1 to w

do iff wi ≤ w

then if  vi + c[i-1, w-wi]

then c[i, w] = vi + c[i-1, w-wi] else c[i, w] = c[i-1, w]

else

c[i, w] = c[i-1, w]

The set of items to take can be deduced from the table, starting at c[n. w] and tracing backwards where the optimal values came from. If c[i, w] = c[i-1, w] item i is not part of the solution, and we are continue tracing with c[i-1, w]. Otherwise item i is part of the solution, and we continue tracing with c[i-1, w-W].

Analysis

This dynamic-0-1-kanpsack algorithm takes θ(nw) times, broken up as follows: θ(nw) times to fill the c-table, which has (n +1).(w +1) entries, each requiring θ(1) time to compute. O(n) time to trace the solution, because the tracing process starts in row n of the table and moves up 1 row at each step.