from typing import List """ A naive recursive implementation of 0-1 Knapsack Problem https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knapsack_problem """ def knapsack(capacity: int, weights: List[int], values: List[int], counter: int) -> int: """ Returns the maximum value that can be put in a knapsack of a capacity cap, whereby each weight w has a specific value val. >>> cap = 50 >>> val = [60, 100, 120] >>> w = [10, 20, 30] >>> c = len(val) >>> knapsack(cap, w, val, c) 220 The result is 220 cause the values of 100 and 120 got the weight of 50 which is the limit of the capacity. """ # Base Case if counter == 0 or capacity == 0: return 0 # If weight of the nth item is more than Knapsack of capacity, # then this item cannot be included in the optimal solution, # else return the maximum of two cases: # (1) nth item included # (2) not included if weights[counter - 1] > capacity: return knapsack(capacity, weights, values, counter - 1) else: left_capacity = capacity - weights[counter - 1] new_value_included = values[counter - 1] + knapsack( left_capacity, weights, values, counter - 1 ) without_new_value = knapsack(capacity, weights, values, counter - 1) return max(new_value_included, without_new_value) if __name__ == "__main__": import doctest doctest.testmod()