# http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/117136/converting-a-bounded-knapsack-problem-to-0-1-knapsack-problem

# weight: cable length
# total weight: target span
# value: 1 for each cable
# want minimum number of cables, i.e. minimum total value

def knapsack_01_exact_min(weights, values, W):
    # 0-1 knapsack, exact total weight W, minimizing total value
    n = len(weights)
    values = [0] + values
    weights = [0] + weights
    K = [[0 for i in range(W+1)] for j in range(n+1)]
    choice = [[0 for i in range(W+1)] for j in range(n+1)]
    for i in range(1, n+1):
        for w in range(1, W+1):
            K[i][w] = K[i-1][w]
            choice[i][w] = '|'
            if w >= weights[i]:
                t = K[i-1][w-weights[i]]
                if (w==weights[i] or t) and (K[i][w]==0 or t+values[i] < K[i][w]):
                    choice[i][w] = '\\'
                    K[i][w] = t+values[i]
    return K[n][W], choice

def print_choice(choice, weights):
    i = len(choice)-1
    j = len(choice[0])-1
    weights = [0] + weights
    while i > 0 and j > 0:
        if choice[i][j]=='\\':
            print weights[i],
            j -= weights[i]
        i -= 1
    print

lens = [10, 7, 6] + 5*[3] + 6*[2] + 7*[1]
values = (3+5+6+7)*[1]
span = 13
v, choice = knapsack_01_exact_min(lens, values, span)
print "need %d cables to span %d:" % (v,span),
print_choice(choice, lens)

span = 15
v, choice = knapsack_01_exact_min(lens, values, span)
print "need %d cables to span %d:" % (v,span),
print_choice(choice, lens)