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SUBSET_SUM\ The Subset Sum Problem {#subset_sum-the-subset-sum-problem align=”center”} ======================


SUBSET_SUM is a C++ library which seeks solutions of the subset sum problem.

SUBSET_SUM_NEXT works by backtracking, returning all possible solutions one at a time, keeping track of the selected weights using a 0/1 mask vector of size N.

SUBSET_SUM_TABLE works by a kind of dynamic programming approach, constructing a table of all possible sums from 1 to S. The storage required is N * S, so for large S this can be an issue.

SUBSET_SUM_FIND works by brute force, trying every possible subset to see if it sums to the desired value. It uses the bits of a 32 bit integer to keep track of the possibilities, and hence cannot work with more N = 31 weights.

Licensing: {#licensing align=”center”}

I don’t care what you do with this code.

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SUBSET_SUM is available in a C version and a C++ version and a FORTRAN90 version and a MATLAB version and a Python version.

CHANGE_MAKING, a C++ library which considers the change making problem, in which a given sum is to be formed using coins of various denominations.

COMBO, a C++ library which includes many combinatorial routines.

KNAPSACK_01, a C++ library which uses brute force to solve small versions of the 0/1 knapsack problem;

PARTITION_PROBLEM, a C++ library which seeks solutions of the partition problem, splitting a set of integers into two subsets with equal sum.

SATISFY, a C++ program which demonstrates, for a particular circuit, an exhaustive search for solutions of the circuit satisfiability problem.

SUBSET_SUM, a dataset directory which contains examples of the subset sum problem, in which a set of numbers is given, and is desired to find at least one subset that sums to a given target value.

TSP_BRUTE, a C++ program which reads a file of city-to-city distances and solves the traveling salesperson problem, using brute force.

Reference: {#reference align=”center”}

  1. Donald Kreher, Douglas Simpson,\ Combinatorial Algorithms,\ CRC Press, 1998,\ ISBN: 0-8493-3988-X,\ LC: QA164.K73.
  2. Silvano Martello, Paolo Toth,\ Knapsack Problems: Algorithms and Computer Implementations,\ Wiley, 1990,\ ISBN: 0-471-92420-2,\ LC: QA267.7.M37.

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Examples and Tests: {#examples-and-tests align=”center”}

List of Routines: {#list-of-routines align=”center”}

You can go up one level to the C++ source codes.


Last revised on 15 July 2017.