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How to solve knapsack

I haven't good idea to solve knapsack problem. I have: List of product prices Most popluar product count Knapsack price Knapsack length I need get all knapsack combinations from list of products ...
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MATLAB's filtfilt() Algorithm

I'm trying to reproduce a lengthy piece of MATLAB code in another language which has no built-in equivalent of the phaseless filter, filtfilt(). I'm trying to re-cast the function in terms of simple ...
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Generating set of “N” numbers in an integer range at “logarithmic” distance in C++

I couldn't find exact answer to this question so I am posting it here: If I have an integer range, I want to calculate "N" numbers in this range at equal logarithmic distance. Here is a sample code ...
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How to create java program that will compute the square root using commandline? [on hold]

Square Root: --> Create a program that will compute the square root using commandline arguments. NOTE: Do not use built in mathematical functions of Java. Use Algorithm on how to solve for ...
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Am I using a “somewhat” right logic for a javascript tic tac toe game? [on hold]

I am struggling with a game of 6 in a row tic tac toe (noughts and crosses). I don't have very good match skills nor did I learn about algos, so I am afraid I am doing it empirically and shooting in ...
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Algo. to pick best combination out of possibilities

I have to solve following problem, basically it is to pick a best combination out of possible ones (huge) - I have to pick a best soccer team out of possible players, each player is given a score, I ...
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cost / mapping function for determining center of object based on detected features

I wrote an object tracker that will try to detect and follow a moving object in a recorded video. In order to maximize the detection rate, my algorithm is using a bunch of detection & tracking ...
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Pow-like function for negative base case

std::pow is fine for most combinations of base and exponent values. However when the base is negative and fractional, std::pow keels over. In the example below NaN is returned (as per definition), ...
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Compressing a Base 62(0-9a-zA-Z) encoded string

I need to compress a base62 (0-9a-zA-Z) encoded string with a length of 20 characters into a 15-16 character string in order to squeeze some other information in. The tricky part is the compressed ...
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Find the most repeated character out of 4 strings

Let's say I have a document & the document is spread across 4 different machines, I would like to get a character which has the highest repeated count (all 4 machines combined). One approach I ...
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Give a block of text, some keyshorts, and the target text, how to get the minimal key press to convert the text?

Suppose I have some text(code): def text = ParamMenuable.this.linkText def locPath: List[LocPath] = ParamMenuable.this.path def parser = ParamMenuable.this.parser def listToFrom(in: ...
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Implementation of Red black tree in C++ using global pointer

I am having trouble updating my global pointer in the following code, #include <iostream> using namespace std; struct RB{ RB()=default; RB(int clr):color(clr) { } int color; ...
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Local variables in Tail recursion?

I have been reading a lot of articles about tail recursion.But i am still unclear about how the tail recursion uses no stack space. What about the local variables and function arguments? They are ...
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better code for generating primes [migrated]

After considerable effort, I've come up with the following code to generate a list of primes of given length. I would be very interested to see how an experienced coder would modify my code to make it ...
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Simulation Engine Algorithm [on hold]

I'm hard at work developing the core of my game and being someone that has never messed with in depth algorithms for game development I was wonder if I could get some help/tips/pointers on how to ...

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