An adaptive algorithm for the knapsack problem: perturbation of the profit or weight of an arbitrary item
by Mhand Hifi, Hedi Mhalla, Slim Sadfi
European J. of Industrial Engineering (EJIE), Vol. 2, No. 2, 2008

Abstract: This paper solves the binary single-constrained Knapsack Problem (KP) and undertakes a sensitivity analysis of its optimum solution. Given a knapsack of capacity c, and a set of n items, with each item j, j = 1,…,n, characterised by a weight wj and a profit pj, the binary single-constrained KP picks a subset of these items with maximal total profit while obeying the constraint that the maximum total weight of the chosen items does not exceed c. This paper proposes an adaptive branch and bound tree search algorithm that exactly solves the problem, and provides the limits of the sensitivity intervals, which guarantee the stability of the optimal solution when the profit of any arbitrary item is perturbed. Next, the paper adapts the exact algorithm for the perturbation of the weight coefficient of an arbitrary item. The computational results demonstrate the effectiveness of the adaptive algorithm. [Received: 16 March 2007; Revised: 08 August 2007; Accepted: 16 November 2007]

Online publication date: Sat, 01-Mar-2008

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