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A problem in combinatorial optimization. Given a set of items with both weight and value, determine the number of each item to include in a collection so that the total weight is at most a given limit and the value of the collection is maximized.

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The running time of the knapsack problem is $O(n\cdot \min(B,V))$ and is not polynomial, why?

My question is why the dynamic programming of the knapsack problem does run in polynomial time? The question is answered here Why is the O(nW) algorithm for the Knapsack problem not a polynomial one? …
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