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Enumeration Methods for Repeatedly Solving Multidimensional Knapsack Sub-Problems

Ross J.W. JAMES, Yuji NAKAGAWA

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In order to solve large Multidimensional Knapsack problems we examine a technique which decomposes a problem instance into two parts. The first part is solved using a traditional technique, such as Dynamic Programming, to reduce the number of variables in the problem by creating a single variable with many non-dominated states. In the second part the remaining variables are determined by an algorithm that repeatedly enumerates them with different constraint and objective requirements. The constraint and objective requirements are imposed by the various non-dominated states of the variable created in the first part of this technique. The main advantage of this approach is that when memory requirements prevent traditional techniques solving a problem instance, the enumeration provides a much less memory-intensive method, enabling a solution to be found. Two approaches are proposed for repeatedly enumerating a 0/1 Multidimensional Knapsack problem. It is demonstrated how these enumeration methods, in conjunction with the Modular Approach, were used to find the optimal solutions to a number of 500-variable, 5-constraint Multidimensional Knapsack problem instances proposed in the literature. The exact solutions to these instances were previously unknown.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E88-D No.10 pp.2329-2340
Publication Date
2005/10/01
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DOI
10.1093/ietisy/e88-d.10.2329
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Algorithm Theory

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