All Questions
9 questions
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Calculate optimal game upgrades, v2
This is the second iteration of the code I originally posted here: Calculate optimal game upgrades. Based on the feedback there, I chose to change the code to use a dynamic programming approach with ...
3
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2
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Divide a set into subset with some constraints
Problem:
Given a list L consisting of not necessarily unique non-negative integers, find the minimum number of subset with maximum sum ...
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Printing the number of ways a message can be decoded
My below solution to the following problem is exceeding the maximum recursion depth. I am looking for any improvements which i can make.
Problem
Alice and Bob need to send secret messages to each ...
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1
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Total number of non overlapping subsets
I am trying to solve this question. The essence of the problem is this:
Given a list of school classes with start and end times, find the total number of non-overlapping subsets.
I've written up a ...
4
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1
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The Dungeon game
This is a Leetcode problem -
The demons had captured the princess (P) and imprisoned her in the
bottom-right corner of a dungeon. The dungeon consists of M x N rooms
laid out in a 2D grid. Our ...
2
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0
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Bursting Balloons
This is a Leetcode problem -
Given n balloons, indexed from 0 to n-1. Each balloon is ...
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1
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Python program to solve the "rod-cutting problem"
An assignment at school required me to write a program for this task:
In the rod-cutting problem, we are given a rod of length n inches and
a table of prices <...
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1
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Python program for "0-1 knapsack problem"
Here is what a knapsack/rucksack problem means (taken from Wikipedia):
Given a set of items, each with a weight and a value, determine the
number of each item to include in a collection so that ...
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Find the longest rectilinear path in a matrix with descending entries
Problem (Skiing):
Each number represents the elevation of that area of the mountain.
From each area (i.e. box) in the grid, you can go north, south, east,
west - but only if the elevation ...