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The Collapsing 0–1 Knapsack Problem

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The “Collapsing 0–1 Knapsack Problem” is a type of non-linear knapsack problem in which the knapsack size is a non-increasing function of the number of items included.

An algorithm is developed and computational results included.

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Posner, M.E., Guignard, M. The Collapsing 0–1 Knapsack Problem. Mathematical Programming 15, 155–161 (1978). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01609014

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