Min-Max
Write an algorithm that finds both the smallest and
largest numbers in a list of n numbers and with complexity
T(n) is at most about (1.5)n comparisons.
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Answer / oracle
Simple, first compare all elements pairwise, total n/2
comparisons. Then, you got two sets, first set has all
greater elements, and second all smaller ones. Find largest
in the first set (n/2) and smallest in the second set
(n/2). You got both largest and smallest ones, in total n/2
+ n/2 + n/2 = 3n/2 comparisons.
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 54 Yes | 11 No |
Answer / ashekur rahman
Time Complexity T(n) <= 3n/2
Proof:
We will calculate comparison in three steps.
1) compare pairwise will divide two sub array.
2) linear search of first sub array
3) linear search of second sub array
For even number of elements,
step 1 needs n/2 comparisons where both sub array contains
n/2 number of elements. Step 2 or 3 needs (n/2 - 1)
comparisons by linear search.
T(n) = n/2 + 2(n/2 - 1)
= 3n/2 - 1
Again,
For odd number of elements,
step 1 needs (n/2 + 1) comparison.
Now if first sub array contains n/2 number of elements then
second sub array contains (n/2 + 1) number of elements
or if first sub array contains (n/2 + 1) number of elements
then second sub array contains n/2 number of elements
Therefore,
T(n) = (n/2 + 1) + (n/2 + 1 - 1) + (n/2 - 1)
= 3n/2
So, T(n) = 3n/2 - 1, if n is even number
and T(n) = 3n/2, if n is odd number
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 29 Yes | 4 No |
Answer / ashekur rahman
Please follow the link below again, where I have written a
complete C# program. Where I printed the time complexity also.
http://ashikmunna.blogspot.com/2009/05/write-algorithm-that-finds-both_28.html
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 13 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / ashekur rahman
http://ashikmunna.blogspot.com/2009/05/write-algorithm-that-finds-both.html
Please follow the link to see the answer. Where I
implemented the algorithm and also calculated the time
complexity.
Thanks.
- Ashekur Rahman
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 11 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / kush singh
1. Algorithm MaxMin (i,j, max, min)
2. // a[1:n] is a global array Parameter i and j are integers,
3. // 1 „T i „T j < n. The effect is to set max and min to the
4. // largest and smallest values in a [i, j], respectively.
5. {
6. if (i=j) then max:=min:=a[i]; //small(P)
7. else if (i = j ¡V 1) then //Another case of Small (P)
8. {
9. if a [i] < a[j] then
10. {
11. max:=a[j]; min:=a[i];
12. }
13. else
14. {
15. max:=a[i]; min:=a[j]
16. }
17. }
18. else
19. {
20. // If P is not small, divide P into subproblems
21. // Find where to split the set
22. mid:= „¾(i+j)/2„Î;
23. //Solve the subproblems
24. Maxmin (i, mid, max, min);
25. MaxMin (mid+i, j, max1, min1);
26. // Combine the solutions
27. if (max<max 1) then max:=max1;
28. if(min>min1) then min:=min1;
29. }
30. }
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 4 Yes | 0 No |
Answer / srinivasan
#include<stdio.h>
#define size 10
void main()
{
int a[size]={5,3,18,7,20,0,2,1,16,13},i,j,count=0,t,max,min;
clrscr();
for(i=0;i<size;i++)
printf("%5d",a[i]);
for(i=0,j=size-1;i<j;i++,j--)
{
count++;
if(a[i]>a[j])
{
t=a[i],a[i]=a[j],a[j]=t;
}
}
printf("\n\n");
for(i=0;i<size;i++)
printf("%5d",a[i]);
printf("\n\n");
min=a[0];
for(i=1;i<size/2;i++)
{
count++;
if(a[i]<min)
min=a[i];
}
max=a[size/2];
for(j=size/2+1;j<size;j++)
{ count++;
if(a[j]>max)
max=a[j];
}
printf("%d\n%d is max,min",max,min);
printf("\n%d\n",count);
getch();
}
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 10 Yes | 9 No |
Answer / amirhosain shahsavari
hi
Some of notations in answer 5 is absolutely wrong:
for even number n: T(n)=(3/2)n-2
for odd number n: we ignore the last item of array.Now you
can find Min1 (minimum of the array items ignoring the last
item), Max1 (maximum of the array items ignoring the last
item) (notice that n-1 is even so Min1 and Max1 can be found
at (3/2)(n-1)-2 comparisons). After that you should compare
Min1 and Max1 with the last item (that you ignored in the
first step). so you need at most (3/2)(n-1)-2+2=(3/2)n-(3/2)
comparisons to find the entire array items
| Is This Answer Correct ? | 2 Yes | 1 No |
Answer / jeya
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