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An Optical Solution for the Subset Sum Problem

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Natural Computing

Part of the book series: Proceedings in Information and Communications Technology ((PICT,volume 2))

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Recently, a number of researchers have suggested light-based devices to solve combinatorially interesting problems. In this paper, we design a light based device to solve a generalized version of the subset sum problem which was previously handled by Oltean and Muntean [Solving the subset-sum problem with a light-based device. Natural Computing]. We further design a system which is capable of providing us with the solution subset of the problem in addition to the YES/NO answer to the question of whether there exists a solution or not.

This research work is part of the B.Sc. Engg. thesis of S. M. Shabab Hossain and Md. Mahmudur Rahman.

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  1. Department of CSE, BUET, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh

    Masud Hasan, S. M. Shabab Hossain, Md. Mahmudur Rahman & M. Sohel Rahman

  2. Algorithm Design Group, Department of Computer Science, King’s College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS, England

    M. Sohel Rahman

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  1. National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, Japan

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  2. Osaka Electro-Communications University, Japan

    H. Umeo

  3. University of Hyogo, Japan

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Hasan, M., Hossain, S.M.S., Rahman, M.M., Rahman, M.S. (2010). An Optical Solution for the Subset Sum Problem. In: Peper, F., Umeo, H., Matsui, N., Isokawa, T. (eds) Natural Computing. Proceedings in Information and Communications Technology, vol 2. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-53868-4_19

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