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 ...

In the multidimensional 0-1 knapsack problem, we are given a set of items, each with a value and multiple attributes, and we want to select a subset in such a way that the total value is maximized ...

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 ...