Given weights and values of n items, put these items in a knapsack of capacity W to get the maximum total value in the knapsack. In other words, given two integer arrays val[0..n-1] and wt[0..n-1] which represent values and weights associated with n items respectively. Also given an integer W which represents knapsack capacity, find out the maximum value subset of val[] such that sum of the weights of this subset is smaller than or equal to W. You cannot break an item, either pick the complete item or don’t pick it (0-1 property).

Method 1: Recursion.
Approach: A simple solution is to consider all subsets of items and calculate the total weight and value of all subsets. Consider the only subsets whose total weight is smaller than W. From all such subsets, pick the maximum value subset.
Optimal Sub-structure: To consider all subsets of items, there can be two cases for every item.
- Case 1: The item is included in the optimal subset.
- Case 2: The item is not included in the optimal set.
Therefore, the maximum value that can be obtained from ‘n’ items is the max of the following two values.
- Maximum value obtained by n-1 items and W weight (excluding nth item).
- Value of nth item plus maximum value obtained by n-1 items and W minus the weight of the nth item (including nth item).
If the weight of ‘nth’ item is greater than ‘W’, then the nth item cannot be included and Case 1 is the only possibility.
Below is the implementation of the above approach:
C++
/* A Naive recursive implementation of 0-1 Knapsack problem */#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std;// A utility function that returns// maximum of two integersint max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; }// Returns the maximum value that// can be put in a knapsack of capacity Wint knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n){ // Base Case if (n == 0 || W == 0) return 0; // If weight of the nth item is more // than Knapsack capacity W, then // this item cannot be included // in the optimal solution if (wt[n - 1] > W) return knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1); // Return the maximum of two cases: // (1) nth item included // (2) not included else return max( val[n - 1] + knapSack(W - wt[n - 1], wt, val, n - 1), knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1));}// Driver codeint main(){ int val[] = { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = sizeof(val) / sizeof(val[0]); cout << knapSack(W, wt, val, n); return 0;}// This code is contributed by rathbhupendra |
C
/* A Naive recursive implementationof 0-1 Knapsack problem */#include <stdio.h>// A utility function that returns// maximum of two integersint max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; }// Returns the maximum value that can be// put in a knapsack of capacity Wint knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n){ // Base Case if (n == 0 || W == 0) return 0; // If weight of the nth item is more than // Knapsack capacity W, then this item cannot // be included in the optimal solution if (wt[n - 1] > W) return knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1); // Return the maximum of two cases: // (1) nth item included // (2) not included else return max( val[n - 1] + knapSack(W - wt[n - 1], wt, val, n - 1), knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1));}// Driver program to test above functionint main(){ int val[] = { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = sizeof(val) / sizeof(val[0]); printf("%d", knapSack(W, wt, val, n)); return 0;} |
Java
/* A Naive recursive implementationof 0-1 Knapsack problem */class Knapsack { // A utility function that returns // maximum of two integers static int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; } // Returns the maximum value that // can be put in a knapsack of // capacity W static int knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n) { // Base Case if (n == 0 || W == 0) return 0; // If weight of the nth item is // more than Knapsack capacity W, // then this item cannot be included // in the optimal solution if (wt[n - 1] > W) return knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1); // Return the maximum of two cases: // (1) nth item included // (2) not included else return max(val[n - 1] + knapSack(W - wt[n - 1], wt, val, n - 1), knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1)); } // Driver code public static void main(String args[]) { int val[] = new int[] { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = new int[] { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = val.length; System.out.println(knapSack(W, wt, val, n)); }}/*This code is contributed by Rajat Mishra */ |
Python
# A naive recursive implementation# of 0-1 Knapsack Problem# Returns the maximum value that# can be put in a knapsack of# capacity Wdef knapSack(W, wt, val, n): # Base Case if n == 0 or W == 0: return 0 # If weight of the nth item is # more than Knapsack of capacity W, # then this item cannot be included # in the optimal solution if (wt[n-1] > W): return knapSack(W, wt, val, n-1) # return the maximum of two cases: # (1) nth item included # (2) not included else: return max( val[n-1] + knapSack( W-wt[n-1], wt, val, n-1), knapSack(W, wt, val, n-1))# end of function knapSack#Driver Codeval = [60, 100, 120]wt = [10, 20, 30]W = 50n = len(val)print knapSack(W, wt, val, n)# This code is contributed by Nikhil Kumar Singh |
C#
/* A Naive recursive implementation of0-1 Knapsack problem */using System;class GFG { // A utility function that returns // maximum of two integers static int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; } // Returns the maximum value that can // be put in a knapsack of capacity W static int knapSack(int W, int[] wt, int[] val, int n) { // Base Case if (n == 0 || W == 0) return 0; // If weight of the nth item is // more than Knapsack capacity W, // then this item cannot be // included in the optimal solution if (wt[n - 1] > W) return knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1); // Return the maximum of two cases: // (1) nth item included // (2) not included else return max(val[n - 1] + knapSack(W - wt[n - 1], wt, val, n - 1), knapSack(W, wt, val, n - 1)); } // Driver code public static void Main() { int[] val = new int[] { 60, 100, 120 }; int[] wt = new int[] { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = val.Length; Console.WriteLine(knapSack(W, wt, val, n)); }}// This code is contributed by Sam007 |
PHP
<?php// A Naive recursive implementation// of 0-1 Knapsack problem // Returns the maximum value that// can be put in a knapsack of // capacity Wfunction knapSack($W, $wt, $val, $n){ // Base Case if ($n == 0 || $W == 0) return 0; // If weight of the nth item is // more than Knapsack capacity // W, then this item cannot be // included in the optimal solution if ($wt[$n - 1] > $W) return knapSack($W, $wt, $val, $n - 1); // Return the maximum of two cases: // (1) nth item included // (2) not included else return max($val[$n - 1] + knapSack($W - $wt[$n - 1], $wt, $val, $n - 1), knapSack($W, $wt, $val, $n-1));} // Driver Code $val = array(60, 100, 120); $wt = array(10, 20, 30); $W = 50; $n = count($val); echo knapSack($W, $wt, $val, $n);// This code is contributed by Sam007?> |
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It should be noted that the above function computes the same sub-problems again and again. See the following recursion tree, K(1, 1) is being evaluated twice. The time complexity of this naive recursive solution is exponential (2^n).
In the following recursion tree, K() refers
to knapSack(). The two parameters indicated in the
following recursion tree are n and W.
The recursion tree is for following sample inputs.
wt[] = {1, 1, 1}, W = 2, val[] = {10, 20, 30}
K(n, W)
K(3, 2)
/ \
/ \
K(2, 2) K(2, 1)
/ \ / \
/ \ / \
K(1, 2) K(1, 1) K(1, 1) K(1, 0)
/ \ / \ / \
/ \ / \ / \
K(0, 2) K(0, 1) K(0, 1) K(0, 0) K(0, 1) K(0, 0)
Recursion tree for Knapsack capacity 2
units and 3 items of 1 unit weight.
Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(2n).
As there are redundant subproblems. - Auxiliary Space :O(1).
As no extra data structure has been used for storing values.
Since subproblems are evaluated again, this problem has Overlapping Sub-problems property. So the 0-1 Knapsack problem has both properties (see this and this) of a dynamic programming problem.
Method 2: Like other typical Dynamic Programming(DP) problems, precomputations of same subproblems can be avoided by constructing a temporary array K[][] in bottom-up manner. Following is Dynamic Programming based implementation.
Approach: In the Dynamic programming we will work considering the same cases as mentioned in the recursive approach. In a DP[][] table let’s consider all the possible weights from ‘1’ to ‘W’ as the columns and weights that can be kept as the rows.
The state DP[i][j] will denote maximum value of ‘j-weight’ considering all values from ‘1 to ith’. So if we consider ‘wi’ (weight in ‘ith’ row) we can fill it in all columns which have ‘weight values > wi’. Now two possibilities can take place:
- Fill ‘wi’ in the given column.
- Do not fill ‘wi’ in the given column.
Now we have to take a maximum of these two possibilities, formally if we do not fill ‘ith’ weight in ‘jth’ column then DP[i][j] state will be same as DP[i-1][j] but if we fill the weight, DP[i][j] will be equal to the value of ‘wi’+ value of the column weighing ‘j-wi’ in the previous row. So we take the maximum of these two possibilities to fill the current state. This visualization will make the concept clear:
Let weight elements = {1, 2, 3}
Let weight values = {10, 15, 40}
Capacity=6
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 0 10 15 25 25 25 25
3 0
Explanation:
For filling 'weight = 2' we come
across 'j = 3' in which
we take maximum of
(10, 15 + DP[1][3-2]) = 25
| |
'2' '2 filled'
not filled
0 1 2 3 4 5 6
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 0 10 10 10 10 10 10
2 0 10 15 25 25 25 25
3 0 10 15 40 50 55 65
Explanation:
For filling 'weight=3',
we come across 'j=4' in which
we take maximum of (25, 40 + DP[2][4-3])
= 50
For filling 'weight=3'
we come across 'j=5' in which
we take maximum of (25, 40 + DP[2][5-3])
= 55
For filling 'weight=3'
we come across 'j=6' in which
we take maximum of (25, 40 + DP[2][6-3])
= 65
C
// A Dynamic Programming based// solution for 0-1 Knapsack problem#include <stdio.h>// A utility function that returns// maximum of two integersint max(int a, int b){ return (a > b) ? a : b; }// Returns the maximum value that// can be put in a knapsack of capacity Wint knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n){ int i, w; int K[n + 1][W + 1]; // Build table K[][] in bottom up manner for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) { for (w = 0; w <= W; w++) { if (i == 0 || w == 0) K[i][w] = 0; else if (wt[i - 1] <= w) K[i][w] = max(val[i - 1] + K[i - 1][w - wt[i - 1]], K[i - 1][w]); else K[i][w] = K[i - 1][w]; } } return K[n][W];}// Driver Codeint main(){ int val[] = { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = sizeof(val) / sizeof(val[0]); printf("%d", knapSack(W, wt, val, n)); return 0;} |
Java
// A Dynamic Programming based solution// for 0-1 Knapsack problemclass Knapsack { // A utility function that returns // maximum of two integers static int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; } // Returns the maximum value that can // be put in a knapsack of capacity W static int knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n) { int i, w; int K[][] = new int[n + 1][W + 1]; // Build table K[][] in bottom up manner for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) { for (w = 0; w <= W; w++) { if (i == 0 || w == 0) K[i][w] = 0; else if (wt[i - 1] <= w) K[i][w] = max(val[i - 1] + K[i - 1][w - wt[i - 1]], K[i - 1][w]); else K[i][w] = K[i - 1][w]; } } return K[n][W]; } // Driver code public static void main(String args[]) { int val[] = new int[] { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = new int[] { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = val.length; System.out.println(knapSack(W, wt, val, n)); }}/*This code is contributed by Rajat Mishra */ |
Python
# A Dynamic Programming based Python# Program for 0-1 Knapsack problem# Returns the maximum value that can# be put in a knapsack of capacity Wdef knapSack(W, wt, val, n): K = [[0 for x in range(W + 1)] for x in range(n + 1)] # Build table K[][] in bottom up manner for i in range(n + 1): for w in range(W + 1): if i == 0 or w == 0: K[i][w] = 0 elif wt[i-1] <= w: K[i][w] = max(val[i-1] + K[i-1][w-wt[i-1]], K[i-1][w]) else: K[i][w] = K[i-1][w] return K[n][W]# Driver codeval = [60, 100, 120]wt = [10, 20, 30]W = 50n = len(val)print(knapSack(W, wt, val, n))# This code is contributed by Bhavya Jain |
C#
// A Dynamic Programming based solution for// 0-1 Knapsack problemusing System;class GFG { // A utility function that returns // maximum of two integers static int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; } // Returns the maximum value that // can be put in a knapsack of // capacity W static int knapSack(int W, int[] wt, int[] val, int n) { int i, w; int[, ] K = new int[n + 1, W + 1]; // Build table K[][] in bottom // up manner for (i = 0; i <= n; i++) { for (w = 0; w <= W; w++) { if (i == 0 || w == 0) K[i, w] = 0; else if (wt[i - 1] <= w) K[i, w] = Math.Max( val[i - 1] + K[i - 1, w - wt[i - 1]], K[i - 1, w]); else K[i, w] = K[i - 1, w]; } } return K[n, W]; } // Driver code static void Main() { int[] val = new int[] { 60, 100, 120 }; int[] wt = new int[] { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = val.Length; Console.WriteLine(knapSack(W, wt, val, n)); }}// This code is contributed by Sam007 |
PHP
<?php// A Dynamic Programming based solution// for 0-1 Knapsack problem// Returns the maximum value that// can be put in a knapsack of // capacity Wfunction knapSack($W, $wt, $val, $n){ $K = array(array()); // Build table K[][] in // bottom up manner for ($i = 0; $i <= $n; $i++) { for ($w = 0; $w <= $W; $w++) { if ($i == 0 || $w == 0) $K[$i][$w] = 0; else if ($wt[$i - 1] <= $w) $K[$i][$w] = max($val[$i - 1] + $K[$i - 1][$w - $wt[$i - 1]], $K[$i - 1][$w]); else $K[$i][$w] = $K[$i - 1][$w]; } } return $K[$n][$W];} // Driver Code $val = array(60, 100, 120); $wt = array(10, 20, 30); $W = 50; $n = count($val); echo knapSack($W, $wt, $val, $n); // This code is contributed by Sam007.?> |
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Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(N*W).
where ‘N’ is the number of weight element and ‘W’ is capacity. As for every weight element we traverse through all weight capacities 1<=w<=W. - Auxiliary Space: O(N*W).
The use of 2-D array of size ‘N*W’.
Method 3: This method uses Memorization Technique (an extension of recursive approach).
This method is basically an extension to the recursive approach so that we can overcome the problem of calculating redundant cases and thus increased complexity. We can solve this problem by simply creating a 2-D array that can store a particular state (n, w) if we get it the first time. Now if we come across the same state (n, w) again instead of calculating it in exponential complexity we can directly return its result stored in the table in constant time. This method gives an edge over the recursive approach in this aspect.
C++
// Here is the top-down approach of// dynamic programming#include <bits/stdc++.h>using namespace std;// Returns the value of maximum profitint knapSackRec(int W, int wt[], int val[], int i, int** dp){ // base condition if (i < 0) return 0; if (dp[i][W] != -1) return dp[i][W]; if (wt[i] > W) { // Store the value of function call // stack in table before return dp[i][W] = knapSackRec(W, wt, val, i - 1, dp); return dp[i][W]; } else { // Store value in a table before return dp[i][W] = max(val[i] + knapSackRec(W - wt[i], wt, val, i - 1, dp), knapSackRec(W, wt, val, i - 1, dp)); // Return value of table after storing return dp[i][W]; }}int knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n){ // double pointer to declare the // table dynamically int** dp; dp = new int*[n]; // loop to create the table dynamically for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) dp[i] = new int[W + 1]; // loop to initially filled the // table with -1 for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) for (int j = 0; j < W + 1; j++) dp[i][j] = -1; return knapSackRec(W, wt, val, n - 1, dp);}// Driver Codeint main(){ int val[] = { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int n = sizeof(val) / sizeof(val[0]); cout << knapSack(W, wt, val, n); return 0;} |
Java
// Here is the top-down approach of // dynamic programmingclass GFG{ // A utility function that returns // maximum of two integers static int max(int a, int b) { return (a > b) ? a : b; } // Returns the value of maximum profit static int knapSackRec(int W, int wt[], int val[], int n, int [][]dp){ // Base condition if (n == 0 || W == 0) return 0; if (dp[n][W] != -1) return dp[n][W]; if (wt[n - 1] > W) // Store the value of function call // stack in table before return return dp[n][W] = knapSackRec(W, wt, val, n - 1, dp); else // Return value of table after storing return dp[n][W] = max((val[n - 1] + knapSackRec(W - wt[n - 1], wt, val, n - 1, dp)), knapSackRec(W, wt, val, n - 1, dp)); }static int knapSack(int W, int wt[], int val[], int N){ // Declare the table dynamically int dp[][] = new int[N + 1][W + 1]; // Loop to initially filled the // table with -1 for(int i = 0; i < N + 1; i++) for(int j = 0; j < W + 1; j++) dp[i][j] = -1; return knapSackRec(W, wt, val, N, dp); }// Driver Code public static void main(String [] args){ int val[] = { 60, 100, 120 }; int wt[] = { 10, 20, 30 }; int W = 50; int N = val.length; System.out.println(knapSack(W, wt, val, N)); } }// This Code is contributed By FARAZ AHMAD |
Python3
# This is the memoization approach of# 0 / 1 Knapsack in Python in simple# we can say recursion + memoization = DP# driver codeval = [60, 100, 120 ]wt = [10, 20, 30 ]W = 50n = len(val)# We initialize the matrix with -1 at first.t = [[-1 for i in range(W + 1)] for j in range(n + 1)]def knapsack(wt, val, W, n): # base conditions if n == 0 or W == 0: return 0 if t[n][W] != -1: return t[n][W] # choice diagram code if wt[n-1] <= W: t[n][W] = max( val[n-1] + knapsack( wt, val, W-wt[n-1], n-1), knapsack(wt, val, W, n-1)) return t[n][W] elif wt[n-1] > W: t[n][W] = knapsack(wt, val, W, n-1) return t[n][W]print(knapsack(wt, val, W, n))# This code is contributed by Prosun Kumar Sarkar |
Output:
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Complexity Analysis:
- Time Complexity: O(N*W).
As redundant calculations of states are avoided. - Auxiliary Space: O(N*W).
The use of 2D array data structure for storing intermediate states-:
[Note: For 32bit integer use long instead of int.]
References:
- http://www.es.ele.tue.nl/education/5MC10/Solutions/knapsack.pdf
- http://www.cse.unl.edu/~goddard/Courses/CSCE310J/Lectures/Lecture8-DynamicProgramming.pdf
https://youtu.be/T4bY72lCQac?list=PLqM7alHXFySGMu2CSdW_6d2u1o6WFTIO-
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