This document discusses the development of a clustered genetic algorithm (CGA) to tackle the multidimensional knapsack problem (MDKP), a recognized NP-hard optimization issue with applications in several fields including project selection and capital budgeting. The CGA uses innovative selection and crossover strategies, showcasing significant performance improvements over traditional genetic algorithms through experimental comparisons over 30 benchmark problems. Results indicate that CGA achieves a lower average mean error compared to genetic algorithms, although with a slightly higher average execution time.