knapsack problem

problem in combinatorial optimization
Thing optimization_problem Q864457
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knapsack problem

Summary

knapsack problem is an optimization problem[1]. It draws 766 Wikipedia views per month (optimization_problem category, ranking #2 of 7).[2]

Key Facts

  • knapsack problem's image is recorded as Knapsack.svg[3].
  • knapsack problem's instance of is recorded as optimization problem[4].
  • backpack is named after knapsack problem[5].
  • knapsack problem's part of is recorded as Karp's 21 NP-complete problems[6].
  • knapsack problem's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04bb0[7].
  • knapsack problem's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/knapsack-problem[8].
  • knapsack problem's different from is recorded as packing problem[9].
  • knapsack problem's MathWorld ID is recorded as KnapsackProblem[10].
  • knapsack problem's Quora topic ID is recorded as Knapsack-Problem[11].
  • knapsack problem's Rosetta Code page ID is recorded as Knapsack_problem[12].
  • knapsack problem's Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures ID is recorded as knapsackProblem[13].
  • knapsack problem's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Mathematics[14].
  • knapsack problem's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 113138325[15].
  • knapsack problem's Brilliant Wiki ID is recorded as backpack-problem[16].
  • knapsack problem's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C113138325[17].
  • knapsack problem's computational complexity is recorded as NP-complete[18].
  • knapsack problem's computational complexity is recorded as NP-hard[19].
  • knapsack problem's GitLab topic ID is recorded as knapsack+problem[20].

Why It Matters

knapsack problem draws 766 Wikipedia views per month (optimization_problem category, ranking #2 of 7).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
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  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Reducibility among combinatorial problems. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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