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Challenge #52: Solving the Knapsack Problem

Tokimatsu
12 - Quasar

Solved.

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phottovy
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

I went with an iterative macro but I'm sure there are much better ways:

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clmc9601
13 - Pulsar
13 - Pulsar

My solution

robert-headington
8 - Asteroid

#52

PangHC
13 - Pulsar

my solution.

aiahwieder
9 - Comet

I have a feeling I'll be coming back to this one a few more times -- it's an interesting optimization problem that has some practical applications for my Day Job, too!

rcarog
8 - Asteroid

Solution attached.

Hub119
11 - Bolide
11 - Bolide

In retrospect, could have configured this as a batch macro... but a little copy/paste never hurt anyone, right?

apathetichell
20 - Arcturus

Fairly psyched with this solution - Analytic app for your max weight/max number of boxes preferences and optimization tool solution...

BeginnerMindset
8 - Asteroid

I liked this challenge. I went with the Optimization Tool within a batch macro, which was fairly clean in the end and ready to be made more generic for other variations.

 

 

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