A note on maximizing a submodular set function subject to a knapsack constraint

  • Authors:
  • Maxim Sviridenko

  • Affiliations:
  • IBM, T.J. Watson Research Center, P.O. Box 218, Yorktown Heights, NY 10598, USA

  • Venue:
  • Operations Research Letters
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

In this paper, we obtain an (1-e^-^1)-approximation algorithm for maximizing a nondecreasing submodular set function subject to a knapsack constraint. This algorithm requires O(n^5) function value computations.