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knapsack problem

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.41 in modern English

Syllables
knap-sack- prob-lem
IPA
33
Scrabble Score
15
Letters
4
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A problem in combinatorial optimization: given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine which items to include in the collection so that the total weight is less than or equal to a given limit and the total value is as large as possible.

Inflected Forms

knapsack problems (plural)

Questions

What does knapsack problem mean?
A problem in combinatorial optimization: given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine which items to include in the collection so that the total weight is less than or equal to a given limit and the total value is as large as possible.

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