Questions tagged [algorithm]
An algorithm is a sequence of well-defined steps that define an abstract solution to a problem. Use this tag when your issue is related to algorithm design.
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A Java program for compressing/decompressing files via Huffman algorithms (version 1.0.0)
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(See the version A Java program for compressing/decompressing files via Huffman algorithms (version 1.1.1).)
(The full repository is here. It contains also some unit tests that do not fit in ...
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LeetCode 3542: Minimum Operations to Convert All Elements to Zero
I am working on this LeetCode problem where I have to count the minimum number of operations to make all elements in an array equal to zero 3542. Minimum Operations to Convert All Elements to Zero
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Huffman code builder in Java - computing prefix codes for arbitrary (generic) alphabets - Take II
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(This is the continuation of HuffmannEncoder.java - computing prefix codes for arbitrary (generic) alphabets.)
(See the GitHub repository.)
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I have fixed the misspelled ...
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HuffmannEncoder.java - computing prefix codes for arbitrary (generic) alphabets
(See the continuation of this post at HuffmanEncoder.java - computing prefix codes for arbitrary (generic) alphabets - Take II.)
I have this Java implementation of the Huffmann encoding. It looks like ...
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My BRESort adaptive sorting engine in C
I've created BRESort - an adaptive sorting engine that dynamically selects
optimal algorithms based on data patterns. It achieves 3.6-4.2x speedup over stdlib qsort ...
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A simple method for compressing white space in text (Java) - Take II
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In this post, I will elaborate on A simple method for compressing white space in text (Java). Here, I have incorporated some advice offered by Chris. Also, this version preserves a single new ...
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A simple method for compressing white space in text (Java)
(The story continues in A simple method for compressing white space in text (Java) - Take II.)
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Now I have that text space compressor. For example,
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Benchmarking in Java some super linearithmic sorting algorithms
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A sort is called super linearithmic if its running time is \$\omega(N \log N)\$. For example, \$f(N) = \omega(g(N))\$ means that \$f(N)\$ grows "faster" than \$g(N)\$. In this post, I ...
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BRESort - Bitwise Relationship Extraction - Intelligent Adaptive Sorting Engine for 32/64-bit & Floating-Point Data
I want to begin by sincerely thanking the community for the invaluable feedback on my previous BRESort byte-sorting research. Your insights about enums, named constants, loop optimizations, and test ...
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Jump point search in Java for faster pathfinding in grid mazes
(Refer to the entire repository in GitHub.)
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This time, I present my take on Jump point search that I translated from Javascript (PathFinding.js/src/finders/JumpPointFinderBase....
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Finding a sequence of xors to change a to b
I'm resolving a problem from CodeForces: C. Beautiful XOR. This is what the code is supposed to do:
You have two numbers a and b.
You must transform a into b using XOR operations (...
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ShannonFanoEncoder.java - computing prefix codes in Java
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This time, I have implemented the Shannon-Fano coding.
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io.github.coderodde.compression.ShannonFanoEncoder.java
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Check whether a binary tree is symmetric
I implemented a recursive solution that compares the left and right subtree in mirrored fashion. It works for my test cases, but I would like to know if there are any best practices that would make ...
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Computing loan cuts leading to a global zero equity in a financial graph (Java)
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I won't specify the problem here, but instead, provide the link to the blog post discussing the problem and the full implementation.
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Ordinary insertion sort vs. straight insertion sort in Java (benchmark)
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So this time I wanted to find out which of the two insertion sort flavours are faster:
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io.github.coderodde.util.StraightInsertionSort.java:
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