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The Subset-Sum Problem: Revisited with an Improved Approximated Solution

by Hashem A. Isa, Saleh Oqeili, Sulieman Bani-ahmad
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 114 - Number 14
Year of Publication: 2015
Authors: Hashem A. Isa, Saleh Oqeili, Sulieman Bani-ahmad
10.5120/20043-7214

Hashem A. Isa, Saleh Oqeili, Sulieman Bani-ahmad . The Subset-Sum Problem: Revisited with an Improved Approximated Solution. International Journal of Computer Applications. 114, 14 ( March 2015), 1-5. DOI=10.5120/20043-7214

@article{ 10.5120/20043-7214,
author = { Hashem A. Isa, Saleh Oqeili, Sulieman Bani-ahmad },
title = { The Subset-Sum Problem: Revisited with an Improved Approximated Solution },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { March 2015 },
volume = { 114 },
number = { 14 },
month = { March },
year = { 2015 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 1-5 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume114/number14/20043-7214/ },
doi = { 10.5120/20043-7214 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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%A Saleh Oqeili
%A Sulieman Bani-ahmad
%T The Subset-Sum Problem: Revisited with an Improved Approximated Solution
%J International Journal of Computer Applications
%@ 0975-8887
%V 114
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%D 2015
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The Subset-sum Problem is one of the easiest to describe and understand NP-complete problems. Available algorithms that solve this problem exactly need an exponential time, thus finding a solution to this problem is not currently feasible. The current paper revisits the subset-sum problem and suggests a new approach to find an approximate solution to this problem. The proposed algorithm gives a reasonable solution with a polynomial time-complexity.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

NP-complete problem the subset-sum problem