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Greedy Algorithms using Python
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Greedy Algorithms using Python

Greedy Algorithms using Python

1. Greedy Algorithms: Overview and Examples
2. Greedy on Arrays
3. Greedy on Graphs

Description and Simple Example

Imagine you have n items of size items[i] each one. Your goal is to put as many items as possible in the box of size N, i. e. choose some objects whose summary size is less or equal to size of the box N.

It's not so hard to understand that you have to choose smaller items first, and you can do it until there is an empty place. If you have items = [2, 1, 5, 5, 3, 7, 6] and N = 13, you put items of size 1, 2, 3, 5 and receive 4 items in the box. You can’t put any other item, because left empty space has size 2 and it is not enough. The smaller item you choose every time, the more space is left, and the more other items you can put in.

So, the algorithm is following:

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def maxItems(items, n): items.sort() # reorder items in ascending order ans = 0 for item in items: n -= item # reduce the empty space if n < 0: break ans+=1 # if some empty space left, item is added return ans
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Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

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Seção 1. Capítulo 2
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Description and Simple Example

Imagine you have n items of size items[i] each one. Your goal is to put as many items as possible in the box of size N, i. e. choose some objects whose summary size is less or equal to size of the box N.

It's not so hard to understand that you have to choose smaller items first, and you can do it until there is an empty place. If you have items = [2, 1, 5, 5, 3, 7, 6] and N = 13, you put items of size 1, 2, 3, 5 and receive 4 items in the box. You can’t put any other item, because left empty space has size 2 and it is not enough. The smaller item you choose every time, the more space is left, and the more other items you can put in.

So, the algorithm is following:

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def maxItems(items, n): items.sort() # reorder items in ascending order ans = 0 for item in items: n -= item # reduce the empty space if n < 0: break ans+=1 # if some empty space left, item is added return ans
copy

Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

Mude para o desktop para praticar no mundo realContinue de onde você está usando uma das opções abaixo

Tudo estava claro?

Seção 1. Capítulo 2
toggle bottom row

Description and Simple Example

Imagine you have n items of size items[i] each one. Your goal is to put as many items as possible in the box of size N, i. e. choose some objects whose summary size is less or equal to size of the box N.

It's not so hard to understand that you have to choose smaller items first, and you can do it until there is an empty place. If you have items = [2, 1, 5, 5, 3, 7, 6] and N = 13, you put items of size 1, 2, 3, 5 and receive 4 items in the box. You can’t put any other item, because left empty space has size 2 and it is not enough. The smaller item you choose every time, the more space is left, and the more other items you can put in.

So, the algorithm is following:

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def maxItems(items, n): items.sort() # reorder items in ascending order ans = 0 for item in items: n -= item # reduce the empty space if n < 0: break ans+=1 # if some empty space left, item is added return ans
copy

Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

Mude para o desktop para praticar no mundo realContinue de onde você está usando uma das opções abaixo

Tudo estava claro?

Imagine you have n items of size items[i] each one. Your goal is to put as many items as possible in the box of size N, i. e. choose some objects whose summary size is less or equal to size of the box N.

It's not so hard to understand that you have to choose smaller items first, and you can do it until there is an empty place. If you have items = [2, 1, 5, 5, 3, 7, 6] and N = 13, you put items of size 1, 2, 3, 5 and receive 4 items in the box. You can’t put any other item, because left empty space has size 2 and it is not enough. The smaller item you choose every time, the more space is left, and the more other items you can put in.

So, the algorithm is following:

12345678910
def maxItems(items, n): items.sort() # reorder items in ascending order ans = 0 for item in items: n -= item # reduce the empty space if n < 0: break ans+=1 # if some empty space left, item is added return ans
copy

Tarefa

Change maxItems() function to return not the number of items, but the list of items, that should be added to the box.

Mude para o desktop para praticar no mundo realContinue de onde você está usando uma das opções abaixo
Seção 1. Capítulo 2
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