There is no EPTAS for two-dimensional knapsack

In the d-dimensional ( vector) knapsack problem given is a set of items, each having a d-dimensional size vector and a profit, and a d-dimensional bin. The goal is to select a subset of the items of maximum total profit such that the sum of all vectors is bounded by the bin capacity in each dimensio...

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Vydáno v:Information processing letters Ročník 110; číslo 16; s. 707 - 710
Hlavní autoři: Kulik, Ariel, Shachnai, Hadas
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 31.07.2010
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Elsevier Sequoia S.A
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ISSN:0020-0190, 1872-6119
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Shrnutí:In the d-dimensional ( vector) knapsack problem given is a set of items, each having a d-dimensional size vector and a profit, and a d-dimensional bin. The goal is to select a subset of the items of maximum total profit such that the sum of all vectors is bounded by the bin capacity in each dimension. It is well known that, unless P = NP , there is no fully polynomial-time approximation scheme for d-dimensional knapsack, already for d = 2 . The best known result is a polynomial-time approximation scheme ( PTAS) due to Frieze and Clarke [A.M. Frieze, M. Clarke, Approximation algorithms for the m-dimensional 0–1 knapsack problem: worst-case and probabilistic analyses, European J. Operat. Res. 15 (1) (1984) 100–109] for the case where d ⩾ 2 is some fixed constant. A fundamental open question is whether the problem admits an efficient PTAS ( EPTAS). In this paper we resolve this question by showing that there is no EPTAS for d-dimensional knapsack, already for d = 2 , unless W [ 1 ] = FPT . Furthermore, we show that unless all problems in SNP are solvable in sub-exponential time, there is no approximation scheme for two-dimensional knapsack whose running time is f ( 1 / ε ) | I | o ( 1 / ε ) , for any function f. Together, the two results suggest that a significant improvement over the running time of the scheme of Frieze and Clarke is unlikely to exist.
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ISSN:0020-0190
1872-6119
DOI:10.1016/j.ipl.2010.05.031