Full_Data<-structure(list(item = c("map", "compass", "water", "sandwich", "glucose", "tin", "banana", "apple", "cheese", "beer", "suntan_cream", "camera", "T-shirt", "trousers", "umbrella", "waterproof_trousers", "waterproof_overclothes", "note-case", "sunglasses", "towel", "socks", "book"), weigth = c(9, 13, 153, 50, 15, 68, 27, 39, 23, 52, 11, 32, 24, 48, 73, 42, 43, 22, 7, 18, 4, 30), value = c(150, 35, 200, 160, 60, 45, 60, 40, 30, 10, 70, 30, 15, 10, 40, 70, 75, 80, 20, 12, 50, 10)), .Names = c("item", "weigth", "value" ), row.names = c(NA, 22L), class = "data.frame") Bounded_knapsack<-function(Data,W) { K<-matrix(NA,nrow=W+1,ncol=dim(Data)[1]+1) 0->K[1,]->K[,1] matrix_item<-matrix('',nrow=W+1,ncol=dim(Data)[1]+1) for(j in 1:dim(Data)[1]) { for(w in 1:W) { wj<-Data$weigth[j] item<-Data$item[j] value<-Data$value[j] if( wj > w ) { K[w+1,j+1]<-K[w+1,j] matrix_item[w+1,j+1]<-matrix_item[w+1,j] } else { if( K[w+1,j] >= K[w+1-wj,j]+value ) { K[w+1,j+1]<-K[w+1,j] matrix_item[w+1,j+1]<-matrix_item[w+1,j] } else { K[w+1,j+1]<-K[w+1-wj,j]+value matrix_item[w+1,j+1]<-item } } } } return(list(K=K,Item=matrix_item)) } backtracking<-function(knapsack, Data) { W<-dim(knapsack$K)[1] itens<-c() col<-dim(knapsack$K)[2] selected_item<-knapsack$Item[W,col] while(selected_item!='') { selected_item<-knapsack$Item[W,col] if(selected_item!='') { selected_item_value<-Data[Data$item == selected_item,] if(-knapsack$K[W - selected_item_value$weigth,col-1]+knapsack$K[W,col]==selected_item_value$value) { W <- W - selected_item_value$weigth itens<-c(itens,selected_item) } col <- col - 1 } } return(itens) } print_output<-function(Data,W) { Bounded_knapsack(Data,W)->Knap backtracking(Knap, Data)->Items output<-paste('You must carry:', paste(Items, sep = ', '), sep=' ' ) return(output) } print_output(Full_Data, 400)