Set Packing - Integer Linear Program Formulation

Integer Linear Program Formulation

The maximum set packing problem can be formulated as the following integer linear program.

maximize (maximize the total value)
subject to for all (selected sets have to be pairwise disjoint)
for all . (every set is either in the set packing or not)

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