FINDING OF OPTIMAL SUBSET STRUCTURE IN THE KNAPSACK PROBLEM

Abstract

An algorithm for solving the knapsack problem based on the proposed multi-criteria model is considered. The implementation of this algorithm allows to define the structure of the optimal subset as a union of certain elements of a Pareto layers group into which a initial data set is divided. The first such layer is the Pareto set. The optimal subset allows to find a specific subset of the initial data. Its elements as a result of belonging to the Pareto layers with large numbers cannot enter the optimal subset. The most expensive in terms of the number of operations required are knapsack problems, in which the number of elements in the set of initial data is quite large. The article shows that with a relatively small value of the knapsack volume, the number of elements required to find the optimal subset is significantly less than their total number in the original set. It can lead to a significant decrease in the total time to solve the combinatorial problem.

Keywords

• the knapsack problem
• two-critarial optimization
• pareto subset
• optimal subset
• pareto layers