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Focus on providing precise and accurate information in your answers. **Elapsed Time: 0.19 seconds** FINAL QUERY Final Query: CONTEXT: ########## File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: # CONTENTS **© Steven & Felix** ## Topic - Data Structures: Union-Find Disjoint Sets - Graphs: Primitives, Graph Max Flow, Bipartite Graph - Algebra: Bilinear, Probability, Non Games, Matrix Power - String Processing: Suffix Tree/Array - More Advanced Topics: A* / IDA* | Table | In the IOI Syllabus? | |-------|----------------------| | 1 | Not in IOI Syllabus | Yes | We know that one cannot win a medal in IOI just by mastering the content areas of this book. While we believe many parts of the IOI syllabus have been included in this book—which should give you a respectable base for solving IOI's—we are well aware that not IOI tasks require more problem-solving skills and creativity that we cannot teach via this book. So, keep practicing! ## Specific to the Teachers/Coaches This book is based on Steven's CS3232 - 'Computing Programming' course in the School of Computing, National University of Singapore. It is contributed in its teaching using the following lesson plan (see Table 2). The PDF slides (only the published version) are given in the companion website of this book. Kindly refer to those materials for the various exercises that are also given in Appendix A. Fellow teachers/coaches are free to modify the lesson plan to suit your students' needs. | WK | Topic | In This Book | |----|-------------------------------------------|-------------------------| | 01 | Introduction | Chapter 2 | | 02 | Data Structure & Libraries | Chapter 2 | | 03 | Graphs: Search, Divide & Conquer, Greedy | Section 3.2.4 | | 04 | Dynamic Programming (1: Basic Ideas) | Section 3.2.3 | | 05 | Graphs (1: DFS/BFS) | Section 4.9 to Section 4.3 | | 06 | Graphs (2: Shortest Paths, DAG-Tree) | Section 4.4.5-4.7.12 | | 07 | Mid semester exam contact | | | 08 | Dynamic Programming (2: Advanced Techniques)| Section 6.5.4 | | 09 | Graphs (3: Max Flow; Bipartite Graphs) | Section 6.3.8, 4.7.4 | | 10 | Mathematics (Overview) | Chapter 5 | | 11 | Sorting Processing (Basics, Suffix Array) | Chapter 7 | | 12 | Computational Geometry (Libraries) | All, including Chapter 8 | | | Final exam content | | | Table 2: Lesson Plan | ## To All Readers Due to the diversity of this content, this book is not meant to be read once, but several times. There are many concepts that can be skipped at first if the student is not familiar with that part of the text, and the challenges proposed are numerous, with varying difficulty levels. Each time you read it, you'll likely discover something new that will trigger interesting twists as you refine your skills. Make sure to attempt the exercises at the end of each chapter before moving on to the next, as they reinforce what has been learned. We believe this book can help aspiring programmers, but don't forget about the basic foundations as presented in this book before facing more challenges after mastering this book. But before you assume anything, please check this book's table of contents to see what we mean by "basic." #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 6 Context: # Preface This book is a must have for every competitive programmer to master during their middle phase of their programming career if they wish to take a leap forward from being just another ordinary coder to being among one of the top brightest programmers in the world. Typical readers of this book would be: 1. University students who are competing in the annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) and Regional Contests (including the World Finals). 2. Secondary or High School Students who are competing in the annual International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI) [1] (including the National event). 3. Anyone who loves solving problems through competitive programming. There are numerous programming contests for those who are no longer eligible for ICPC like the TopCoder Open, Google CodeJam, International Problem Solving Contest (IPSC), etc. ## Prerequisites This book is not written for novice programmers. When we wrote this book, we sat it for readers who have basic knowledge in basic programming methodologies, familiar with at least one programming language (C/C++ - that is, preferably both), and have passed basic data structures and algorithms courses typically taught in the first year of Computer Science university curriculum. ## Specific to the ACM ICPC Contestants We trust that you cannot possibly win the ACM ICPC regional just by mastering the overall contents of this book. While we have included a lot of materials in this book, we are aware that for you to win the book can be more of a guide for you to learn, hone, and practice skills through solving challenges. Therefore, we have included a table that lists some of the further topics in future ICPC contests. ## Specific to the IOI Contestants Same preface as above but with this additional Table 1. This table shows a list of topics that are covered in the IOI syllabus [2]. You can skip these items until you enter in high school or during your country’s ACM ICPC tryouts. However, learning them all may be beneficial as some harder tasks in IOI may require some of these knowledges. | L-R: Daniel, Mr Cheong, Raymond, Steven, Zhan Xiong, Dr Roland, Chuang | #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 17 Context: # Chapter 1 ## Introduction I want to compete in ACM ICPC World Finals! — A dedicated student ### 1.1 Competitive Programming 'Competitive Programming' in summary, is this: “Given well-known Computer Science (CS) problems, solve them as quickly as possible!” Let’s digest the terms as we dive. The term 'well-known CS problems' implies that in competitive programming, we are dealing with solid CS problems and not research problems (where the solutions are still murky). Definitely, some people (at least the problem authors) have solved these problems before. “Seen their templates,” working with what must pass our CS knowledge to a certain extent—but in the same way, the problem setter using the problem setter’s ‘script’ to craft. “As quickly as possible” is the essence of competitive programming which is a new natural human behavior. Please note that being well-versed in competitive programming is not the end goal. It is just the means. The end goal is to provide all-time-complete solutions consistently. The founders of ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest (ICPC) have this vision in mind, perhaps, to reach one. With this book, we play our role in helping students, and future programmers to be more competent in dealing with well-known CS problems frequently used in the recent ICPC and the International Olympiad in Informatics (IOI). ### Illustration on solving UVA Online Judge [38] Problem Number 1091 (Retrieving Quiz Teams). **Abridged Problem Description:** Let \( N \) be the number of a student’s houses in a 2D plane. There are \( 2N \) students and we want to put them into \( N \) groups. Let \( d_{ij} \) be the distance between the houses of 2 students in support. If \( K \) is the group and the total distance \( D \) is minimized, then we need to solve \[ \min D = \sum_{i=1}^{N} d_{ij} \] **Sample Input:** ``` 2 1 1 2 ``` **Sample Output:** ``` 4 ``` **Explanation:** “Some programming competitions are also in less setting to encourage teamwork as software engineers usually do when coding.” “By building the actual solution from the problem statement, competitive programmers often encounter the problems related to coding or the best way to think of possible corner cases and their patterns, with software test. The sponsors of it by the software engineers have to test their software a lot to make sure the software meets the requirements set by the customers.” #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 168 Context: # 6.2 BASIC STRING PROCESSING SKILLS **Stevens & Felix** 1. (a) Do you know how to store a string in your favorite programming language? (b) How to read a given text input line by line? (c) How to concatenate (combine) two strings into a larger string? (d) How to check if a string starts with `......` to stop reading input? I love CS2333 Competitive Programming. I also love AlgoRhythm! > **Note:** You must stop after reading this line as it starts with 7 dots; after the first input block, there will be one looooocccccccoooooong line... 2. Suppose you have your own string `T`. You want to check if another string `P` can be found in `T`. Report all the indices where `P` appears in `T` (if `P` cannot be found in `T`, return `-1`). For example, if `T` = "I love CS2333 Competitive Programming." and `P` = "love", then output should be: - If `P` is not found, the character `-1` at index (0) is part of the output. If `P` is found, `output = [2, 49]` if `P` = "book", then output is `[-1]`. 3. How to find the first occurrence of a substring in a string (if any)? (a) Do we need to implement a string matching algorithm (like Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) algorithm discussed in Section 6.4), or can we just use library functions? 4. Suppose we want to do some simple analysis of the characters in `T` and also to transform each character into 1-byte ASCII codes. The required analysis are: How many digits, vowels, and consonants (other lower/upper case alphabetic characters that are not vowels) are there in `T`? Can you also list them? 5. Next, we want to break this line using string tokens (delimiters) and store them into an array of strings (token). For this task, the delimiters will be those two spaces and punctuation marks (commas, semicolons, and so forth). For example, using `T`: - We will have the tokens `['I', 'love', 'CS2333', 'Competitive', 'Programming']`. 6. (a) How to store an array of strings? 7. Next, we want to sort this array of strings lexicographically? (a) Start with how you would rewrite the initial list. 8. The given list has one more item like the one listed that starts with `......`. The length of this list item is not constrained. Count how many characters are there in the last item? 9. (a) How to read a string when we do not know its length in advance? > *Note: This text is a text similar like the one used in our common dictionary.* Page 152 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 245 Context: # Bibliography [1] Ahmad Shamsul Arifin. *Art of Programming Context* (from Steven's old Website). Gyanik Prokashoni (Available Online), 2006. [2] Frank Carrano. *Data Abstraction & Problem Solving with C++*. Pearson, 5th edition, 2006. [3] Thomas H. Cormen, Charles E. Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest, and Clifford Stein. *Introduction to Algorithms*. MIT Press, 3rd edition, 2009. [4] Sanjoy Dasgupta, Christos H. Papadimitriou, and U. Vazirani. *Algorithms*. McGraw Hill, 2006. [5] Jarek Md. de Berg, Marc van Kreveld, Mark Overmars, and Otfried Cheong. *Computational Geometry: Algorithms and Applications*. Springer, 2nd edition, 2000. [6] Jake Edmonds. *Paths, Trees, and flowers*. Canadian Journal on Math., 17:449–467, 1965. Available at: [https://www.ams.org/article/MR32133](https://www.ams.org/article/MR32133). [7] Project Euler. *Project Euler*. [Project Euler](https://projecteuler.net/). [8] Peter M. Furić. A New Data Structure for Cumulative Frequency Tables. *Software: Practice and Experience*, 24(3):367–396, 1994. [9] Michael Forster. *101 Syllables*. [http://people.kth.se/~mflsylla/101syllables-2009.pdf](http://people.kth.se/~mflsylla/101syllables-2009.pdf). [10] Mihai Păun. The difficulty of programming contest increases. In *International Conference on Programming for Excellence*, 2010. [11] Felix Harman, Roland Hooi Chuan Yap, and Yongzheng Wu. A MapReduce-Based Maximum-Flower Algorithm for Large Small-World Network Graphs. In *IDCS*, 2011. [12] Steven Hall and Felix Shalm. Competitive Programming in National University of Singapore. Edvanced Topics in Software Engineering and Tuning. SLS in Consulting Programmes, pages 332–347, 2010. ACM ICPC World Final 2010, Hainan, China, 2010. [13] Steven Hall, Roland Hooi Chuan Yap, and Felix Harman. *Engineering SLS for the Law Autonomous Library Resource Problem*. In *Coaching Programming*, pages 342–347, 2010. [14] TopCoder Inc. *Algorithm Tutorials*. [https://www.topcoder.com/ta/tutorials/](https://www.topcoder.com/ta/tutorials/). #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 20 Context: ``` 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE © Steven & Felix ```c // we use gets(line) to read input line by line line(ascii(gets(line), 'x', 3) // yes, we can do this :) for (i = 0; i < 2 * K; i++) scanf (format, &x1, &name, &x2, &y1); for (i = 0; j < 2 * j; j++) // build pairwise distance table dist[i][j] = hypot(double(x1-x[j]), double(y1-y[j])); // Are you used 'hypot' before? // use DP to give minimum weighted perfect matching on small general graph // this is to trick to initialize the meme table with +1 memset(table, -1, sizeof(table)); printf("Case %d: %.2f\n", caseNo, matching()); } ``` FYI, the explanation of this Dynamic Programming algorithm with bitmask technique is given in Section 2.2.1, 3, and 4.1. You do not have to be alarmed if you do not understand it yet. ## 1.21 Tip 2: Quickly Identify Problem Types In ICPCs, the contestants (teams) are given a set of problems (6-7 problems) of varying types. From our database of recent ICPC Asia Regional problems, we can categorize the problems types and their relative appearances as in Table 1. From 1996-2000, the problem setters were given 1 task or 2 tasks (as in 2011) that cover items 1 to 10 in the problem set, and the number of problems from 1-10 in Table 1. For details, please refer to the ICPC 2009 [pub] and the last 1998-2000 problems classification. [1] | No. | Category | Instruction (as in book) | Appearance Frequency | |-----|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|----------------------| | 1 | Math Problem (Iterative/Recursive) | Section 3.1 | 2-3 | | 2 | Divide & Conquer | Section 3.2 | 1-2 | | 3 | Greediness | Section 3.3 | 1-2 | | 4 | Dynamic Programming (only the original ones) | Section 3.4 | 1-2 (can go up to 3) | | 5 | Graph Problems | Chapter 4 | 1-2 | | 6 | String Processing | Chapter 5 | 1 | | 7 | Computational Geometry | Chapter 6 | 1 | | 8 | Some Fractals Problems | Chapter 7 | 1 | | 9 | Algorithm Shortcuts | Chapter 8 | 1 | | 10 | Miscellaneous Problems | Chapter 9 | 1 | Table 1: Recent ACM ICPC Asia Regional Problem Types The classification above is helpful for you to tackle some contests. Some problems, e.g., "construct," are classified here as an 'art' or 'trial' and may used as a 'non-standard' in a broader category. Remember that analysis is so crucial in solving these problems. You will find this aids in quickly understanding and matching problems. ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 18 Context: ```markdown # 1.2 Tips to Be Competitive Figure 1.1: Illustration of UVa 10911 - Forming Quiz Teams Now, ask yourself, which one of the following best describes you? Note that if you are unfamiliar with the material or terminologies shown in this chapter, you can read it after going through this book. ## Step 1: Identify the problem (A.K.A. the fuzzy one): 1. **Step 1:** Read the problem and understand its constraints. 2. **Step 2:** Identify the key aspects that differentiate this problem from others. ## Step 2: Identify the programming paradigms: - This problem can be related to what is called a *"matching on general graph"* problem. - Be sure to review how to solve this kind of problem using *Dynamic Programming (DP)*. ## Review the approaches: - If the problem is small, try solving it using *Brute Force* [8]. - If the problem is larger than you've solved before, try to identify a solution using *Greedy* techniques [9]. ## Solutions: 1. Write a program to enumerate all possible solutions to solve the problem. 2. Simulate the programmer's decisions, and all stages above in less than 30 minutes. ## Example: - A very competitive programmer (e.g., the red ‘target’ coders in TopCoder [19]) should solve this kind of problem in less than 15 minutes. ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 167 Context: # Chapter 6 The Human Genome has approximately 3.3 Giga base-pairs — Human Genome Project ## 6.1 Overview and Motivation In this chapter, we present one more topic that is tested in ICPC – although not as frequent as graph and mathematics problems – namely, string processing. String processing is common in the research field of bioinformatics. However, as the strings that transistors deal with can usually be extremely large, efficient data structures and algorithms are necessary. Some of these problems are presented as contest problems in ICPC. By mastering the content of this chapter, ICPC contestants will have a better chance at tackling these string processing problems. String processing tasks also appear in ICPC, not usually in the role of input and output data structures or requiring the use of symbols (id) restrictions. Additionally, the input and output formats are usually quite simple. The problems in this text can be useful in putting together and performing commonly found in ICPC problems. IO tasks that require string processing are usually all solvable using the problem-solving paradigms mentioned in Chapter 2. It is instructive for input constraints to know that string length is usually at most (10^5). Section 6.3 is built around problems with DP; however, we believe that it may be advantageous for IO contestants to learn some of the more advanced materials outside of their syllabuses. ## 6.2 Basic String Processing Skills We begin this chapter by listing several basic string processing skills that every competitive programmer must know. In this section, we give a series of mini-tasks that you should solve one after another without asking. You can use your favorite programming language (e.g., C++, or Java). Try your best to come up with the shortest, most efficient solution that has no edge cases and works correctly under all the subtests, unless otherwise specified. You can also approach this task using any of your favorite programming languages. A few examples are provided below: 1. Given a string consisting of alphabetic characters [A-Za-z], digits [0-9], space, and period (`.`), write a program to read that string from the file li.txt and encounter a line that starts with a space or period. - **Note:** The sample input file `li.txt` is shown on the next page. After question 1(c) and before task 2. 2. ... (Continue with the remaining tasks and sections as needed.) #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 5 Context: PrefaceInwinterquarter2007ItaughtanundergraduatecourseinmachinelearningatUCIrvine.WhileIhadbeenteachingmachinelearningatagraduatelevelitbecamesoonclearthatteachingthesamematerialtoanundergraduateclasswasawholenewchallenge.Muchofmachinelearningisbuilduponconceptsfrommathematicssuchaspartialderivatives,eigenvaluedecompositions,multivariateprobabilitydensitiesandsoon.Iquicklyfoundthattheseconceptscouldnotbetakenforgrantedatanundergraduatelevel.Thesituationwasaggravatedbythelackofasuitabletextbook.Excellenttextbooksdoexistforthisfield,butIfoundallofthemtobetootechnicalforafirstencounterwithmachinelearning.Thisexperienceledmetobelievetherewasagenuineneedforasimple,intuitiveintroductionintotheconceptsofmachinelearning.Afirstreadtowettheappetitesotospeak,apreludetothemoretechnicalandadvancedtextbooks.Hence,thebookyouseebeforeyouismeantforthosestartingoutinthefieldwhoneedasimple,intuitiveexplanationofsomeofthemostusefulalgorithmsthatourfieldhastooffer.Machinelearningisarelativelyrecentdisciplinethatemergedfromthegen-eralfieldofartificialintelligenceonlyquiterecently.Tobuildintelligentmachinesresearchersrealizedthatthesemachinesshouldlearnfromandadapttotheiren-vironment.Itissimplytoocostlyandimpracticaltodesignintelligentsystemsbyfirstgatheringalltheexpertknowledgeourselvesandthenhard-wiringitintoamachine.Forinstance,aftermanyyearsofintenseresearchthewecannowrecog-nizefacesinimagestoahighdegreeaccuracy.Buttheworldhasapproximately30,000visualobjectcategoriesaccordingtosomeestimates(Biederman).Shouldweinvestthesameefforttobuildgoodclassifiersformonkeys,chairs,pencils,axesetc.orshouldwebuildsystemstocanobservemillionsoftrainingimages,somewithlabels(e.g.inthesepixelsintheimagecorrespondtoacar)butmostofthemwithoutsideinformation?Althoughthereiscurrentlynosystemwhichcanrecognizeevenintheorderof1000objectcategories(thebestsystemcangetiii #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 35 Context: # 1.4 Chapter Notes This and subsequent chapters are supported by many text books (see Figure 1.4 in the previous page) and internet resources. Here are some additional references: - To improve your typing skill as mentioned in Tip 1, you may want to play lots of typing games that are available online. - Tip 2 is an adaptation from the introduction text in USACO training gateway [29]. - More details about Tip 3 can be found in many C++ books, e.g., Chapter 15, 17, or [3]. - Online resources for Tip 3: - [http://www.geeksforgeeks.com](http://www.geeksforgeeks.com) - [http://www.asi.edu.cn/tech/stl/](http://www.asi.edu.cn/tech/stl/) for C++ STL. - [http://java.sun.com/docs/ docs/api](http://java.sun.com/docs/docs/api) for Java API. - For more insights to better testing (Tip 5). - A little note about software engineering books may be worth trying. - There are many other online judges apart from those mentioned in Tip 6, e.g.: - POJ [http://poj.openjudge.cn/](http://poj.openjudge.cn/) - TJO [http://tju.edu.cn/tjo/](http://tju.edu.cn/tjo/) - ZOJ [http://acm.zju.edu.cn/onlinejudge/](http://acm.zju.edu.cn/onlinejudge/) - UVA [http://uva.onlinejudge.org/](http://uva.onlinejudge.org/) For a more regarding topic context (Tip 7), read [1]. In this chapter, we have introduced the world of competitive programming to you. However, you cannot say that you are a competitive programmer if you can only solve Ad Hoc problems in every programming contest. Therefore, we hope that you can enjoy the ride and continue reading and learning the earlier chapters of this book, substantially. Once you have finished reading this book, re-read it one more time. On the second round, attempt the various written exercises and the 1198 programming entries as many as possible. There are 149 UVa ( + 11 others) programming exercises discussed in this chapter. (Only 34 in the first edition, a 371% increase.) There are 19 pages in this chapter. (Only 13 in the first edition, a 696% increase.) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 23 Context: Additionally, we have a few other rules of thumb that are useful in programming contests: - \( 2^{30} \approx 1 \text{ M} = 1,048,576 \) - Max 32-bit signed integer: \( -2^{31} = -10^9 \) (for up to 9 decimal digits). - Max 64-bit signed integer: \( \text{long} \; 2^{63} \approx 9 \times 10^{18} \) (for up to 19 decimal digits). Use `unsigned` if slightly higher positive number is needed (e.g., \( 2^{64} - 1 \)). If you need to store integers \( > 2^{30} \), you need to use the Big Integer technique (Section 5.3). - Program with nested loops of depth \( k \) running in the worst case has \( O(n^k) \) complexity. If your program is recursive with recursive calls per level and has \( O(n^k) \) complexity in general, it can be in upper bound. The actual complexity depends on what actions come next and whether some pruning are possible. - There are \( n! \) permutations and \( 2^n \) subsets (or combinations) of \( n \) elements. - Dynamic Programming algorithms which fill in a 2D matrix in \( O(n) \) per cell is in \( O(n^2) \). More details in Section 3 later. - The best time complexity of a comparison-based sorting algorithm is \( \Omega(n \log n) \). - Most of the time, \( O(n \log k) \) algorithms will be sufficient for most contest problems. - The largest input size for typical programming contest problems must be \( < 1 \text{ M} \); because beyond that, the time needed for the input (\( O(n) \) to read it) will be the bottleneck. ## Exercise 1.2.2 Please answer the following questions below using your current knowledge about classic algorithms and their complexities. After you have finished reading this task book section, it may be beneficial to return to this exercise again. 1. There are webpages (N ≤ 10^6). Each webpage has a different page rank \( R \). You want to pick the top 10 pages with highest page ranks. Which method is more feasible? - (a) Load all webpages' page rank to memory, sort (Section 2.1), and pick the top 10. - (b) Use priority queue data structure (heap) (Section 2.2). 2. Given a list of up to 100 integers. You need to frequently ask the value of sum \( S \), i.e., the sum of all \( L[j] \); for \( j < i \). Which data structure should you use? - (a) Simple Array (Section 2.2.1) - (b) Simple Array that is pre-processed with Dynamic Programming (Section 2.2.1 & 2.3). - (c) Balanced Binary Search Tree (Section 2.2.2). - (d) Hash Table (Section 2.2.2). - (e) Segment Tree (Section 2.3.3). - (f) Rudnik Tree (Section 2.4.3). - (g) Fenwick Tree (Section 6.6). - (h) Suffix Array (Section 6.6.4). 3. Given a set of \( S \) points randomly scattered on 2D plane, \( N ≤ 1000 \). Find two points \( P \) that has the greatest Euclidean distance. Is \( O(n^2) \) compatible search algorithm that will satisfy this possible? - (a) Yes, such complete search is feasible. - (b) No, we must find another way. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 242 Context: # Hunting the Next Easiest Problems Using 'daco' ![Figure B.2: Hunting the next easiest problems using 'daco'](image_path) Another new feature since 2010 is the integration of the 1198 programming exercises from this book (see Figure B.3). Now, users can customize their training programs to solve problems of similar type! Without each (manual) categorization, this training mode is hard to execute. We also give stars (★) to problems that we consider as *must try* (up to 3 problems per category). ![Figure B.3: The programming exercises in this book are integrated in uHuxt](image_path) Building a web-based tool like uHuxt is a computational challenge. There are over 990867 submissions from 113059 users (based on submissions from every contest). The statistics and rankings must be updated frequently and each user’s profile must be fast. To deal with this challenge, Felix uses lots of advanced data structures (some are beyond this book), e.g., database caching [16], Rawik lists, data compression, etc. ![Figure B.4: Steven's & Felix's progress in UVa online judge (2000-present)](image_path) ## Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Programming Exercises 3. Training Features 4. Computational Challenges 5. Acknowledgments | Year | Steven | Felix | |------|--------|-------| | 2000 | Preparing CP book 1st | | | 2006 | | Won ICPC Kaohsiung 06 | Progress over the Years **References** - UVa Online Judge - ACM ICPC Koshien 226 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 29 Context: # 1.3 Getting Started: The Ad Hoc Problems We will kick this chapter by stating that the first problem type in ICPCs and IOIs: the Ad Hoc problems. According to [ICPC 2020](https://icpc.global/), Ad Hoc problems are problems that cannot be classified anywhere else, where each problem description and its corresponding solution are "unique". Ad Hoc problems are always present in a programming contest. Using a benchmark of total problems, there must be at least one Ad Hoc problem in an ICPC. If the benchmark is set, it will be visible in the first problem sent to the teams in a programming contest. But there exists Ad Hoc problems that are not easily coded, and some teams will struggle with these until the last hour. Assuming a 6-hour contest, your team is probably in the loser half (rank 30+) if you have seen only the first 20 problems in the last 200 minutes. **Easy**: Easy Ad Hoc problems are usually easy to code. The trickiness is in recognizing the needed subtasks. The more time that you will have to work on the other 2 + 3 = 5 challenging tasks, the more time that quick problems can suggest what might have been. But there exists other subtypes of Ad Hoc problems, such as their listed main Ad Hoc problems which can be highlighted into an interesting "easy" by intersections in each category. There are the problems that risk the maximum time limit by way of their quirks. We believe that you can enhance your list of basic problems while studying advanced data structures or algorithms that will be discussed in the later chapters. Many of these Ad Hoc problems are “simple” but have the unique term "tricky". Now, try to solve problems from each category before reading the next chapter. ## The Categories: ### (1) Super Easy You should start these problems A*C in under 7 minutes each! If you are just starting competitive programming, we strongly recommend that you start your journey by solving some problems from this category. ### (2) Game (Card) There exists a lot of Ad Hoc problems involving game patterns. The first game type is related to cards. Usually, you will need to parse the string input as actual cards (suits with values) in the following order: (C)lub, (D)iamond, (H)eart, (S)pade is top of the card values: [2, 3, ... (J)ack, (Q)ueen, (K)ing, (A)ce]. It may be a good idea to map the complicated strings to integer values. For example, consider possible mappings to let 2 = 2, 3 = 3, ... DA = 10, DA = 11, C2 = 12, C3 = 13, ... SA = 14, etc. This can help in resolving odd (and seemingly random) instances. ### (3) Game (Chess) Another popular game that sometimes appears in programming contest problems are chess games. Some of the usual Ad Hoc [listed in this section](#) don’t share continued rules. Knowing the details regarding how many ways you can put queens in S x S chess board (listed in Chapter 3). ### (4) Game (Others) Other than card and chess games, there are many other special programming problems that can associate with the fundamental ideas you bring into programming contests. The To-Do, Rock-Paper-Scissors, Tetris, Snakes, BINGO, Bursting, and various other non-traditional methods. Once you become familiar, most of the rules are given in the problem description to avoid disqualifying constants who have played these games before. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 6 Context: ivPREFACEabout60%correcton100categories),thefactthatwepullitoffseeminglyeffort-lesslyservesasa“proofofconcept”thatitcanbedone.Butthereisnodoubtinmymindthatbuildingtrulyintelligentmachineswillinvolvelearningfromdata.Thefirstreasonfortherecentsuccessesofmachinelearningandthegrowthofthefieldasawholeisrootedinitsmultidisciplinarycharacter.MachinelearningemergedfromAIbutquicklyincorporatedideasfromfieldsasdiverseasstatis-tics,probability,computerscience,informationtheory,convexoptimization,con-troltheory,cognitivescience,theoreticalneuroscience,physicsandmore.Togiveanexample,themainconferenceinthisfieldiscalled:advancesinneuralinformationprocessingsystems,referringtoinformationtheoryandtheoreticalneuroscienceandcognitivescience.Thesecond,perhapsmoreimportantreasonforthegrowthofmachinelearn-ingistheexponentialgrowthofbothavailabledataandcomputerpower.Whilethefieldisbuildontheoryandtoolsdevelopedstatisticsmachinelearningrecog-nizesthatthemostexitingprogresscanbemadetoleveragetheenormousfloodofdatathatisgeneratedeachyearbysatellites,skyobservatories,particleaccel-erators,thehumangenomeproject,banks,thestockmarket,thearmy,seismicmeasurements,theinternet,video,scannedtextandsoon.Itisdifficulttoap-preciatetheexponentialgrowthofdatathatoursocietyisgenerating.Togiveanexample,amodernsatellitegeneratesroughlythesameamountofdataallprevioussatellitesproducedtogether.Thisinsighthasshiftedtheattentionfromhighlysophisticatedmodelingtechniquesonsmalldatasetstomorebasicanaly-sisonmuchlargerdata-sets(thelattersometimescalleddata-mining).Hencetheemphasisshiftedtoalgorithmicefficiencyandasaresultmanymachinelearningfaculty(likemyself)cantypicallybefoundincomputersciencedepartments.Togivesomeexamplesofrecentsuccessesofthisapproachonewouldonlyhavetoturnononecomputerandperformaninternetsearch.Modernsearchenginesdonotrunterriblysophisticatedalgorithms,buttheymanagetostoreandsiftthroughalmosttheentirecontentoftheinternettoreturnsensiblesearchresults.Therehasalsobeenmuchsuccessinthefieldofmachine #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 19 Context: # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE ### Steven & Felix However, you will not just learn the data structures and algorithms, but also how to implement them efficiently and apply them to appropriate contest problems. On top of that, you will also learn many programming tips that can be helpful in contest situations. We start this book by giving you several great simple tips: ## Tip 1: Type Code Faster! No kidding! Although this tip may not mean much to ICPC and (especially) IOI are not typing contests, we have seen some ICPC teams rank a rank 1 and just parachuted by two facilities. When you can solve the number of problems as your competitor, it is now down to coding skill (ability to produce correct code) and… typing speed. Try this typing test at [http://www.typingtest.com](http://www.typingtest.com) and follow the instructions there on how to improve your typing speed. Your goal should be 85-95 words per minute (WPM). You can also practice by typing questions and answers from frequent top programming languages. ### Forming Quiz Teams: The solution for UVA 10911 above ```c #include // note: if you have problems understanding this C++ code #include // please consult your basic programming text (not the digits) // for the explanation of this C function // (C can be found in Chapter 2 & later) int bitmask; // using global variables is not so good in competitive programming double dist[20][20], ans; // << 1 << is 2^16, recall that bitmask = b int num; // the size of the array with -1 in the main function int memo(int bmask) { // this bit has been mapped before if (bmask == (bmask & (-bmask))) // if the mask is just 1 return 0; // all are already matched if (dist[bmask[0]][bmask[1]] == -1) // initialize with a large value return 1; // this bit is off double ans = 1000000000; // initialize with a large value for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) { if (bitmask & (1 << i)) { // this bit is off for (int p = 1; p < (1 << num); p++) { // this is different than the original if (p < n) { break; // important step, will be discussed in Chapter 3 & later } } } } return memo(bitmask) + ans; // store result in a memo table and return } int main() { char line[1000]; int line_count = 0, x[20], y[20]; // to simplify testing, redirect input file to stdin freopen("10911.txt", "r", stdin); } ``` ### Note - This code snippet serves as a reference for understanding C-based competitive programming. - Ensure to familiarize yourself with changes and implementations as discussed in this section. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 13 Context: Chapter1DataandInformationDataiseverywhereinabundantamounts.Surveillancecamerascontinuouslycapturevideo,everytimeyoumakeaphonecallyournameandlocationgetsrecorded,oftenyourclickingpatternisrecordedwhensurfingtheweb,mostfi-nancialtransactionsarerecorded,satellitesandobservatoriesgeneratetera-bytesofdataeveryyear,theFBImaintainsaDNA-databaseofmostconvictedcrimi-nals,soonallwrittentextfromourlibrariesisdigitized,needIgoon?Butdatainitselfisuseless.Hiddeninsidethedataisvaluableinformation.Theobjectiveofmachinelearningistopulltherelevantinformationfromthedataandmakeitavailabletotheuser.Whatdowemeanby“relevantinformation”?Whenanalyzingdatawetypicallyhaveaspecificquestioninmindsuchas:“Howmanytypesofcarcanbediscernedinthisvideo”or“whatwillbeweathernextweek”.Sotheanswercantaketheformofasinglenumber(thereare5cars),orasequenceofnumbersor(thetemperaturenextweek)oracomplicatedpattern(thecloudconfigurationnextweek).Iftheanswertoourqueryisitselfcomplexweliketovisualizeitusinggraphs,bar-plotsorevenlittlemovies.Butoneshouldkeepinmindthattheparticularanalysisdependsonthetaskonehasinmind.Letmespelloutafewtasksthataretypicallyconsideredinmachinelearning:Prediction:Hereweaskourselveswhetherwecanextrapolatetheinformationinthedatatonewunseencases.Forinstance,ifIhaveadata-baseofattributesofHummerssuchasweight,color,numberofpeopleitcanholdetc.andanotherdata-baseofattributesofFerraries,thenonecantrytopredictthetypeofcar(HummerorFerrari)fromanewsetofattributes.Anotherexampleispredictingtheweather(givenalltherecordedweatherpatternsinthepast,canwepredicttheweathernextweek),orthestockprizes.1 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 30 Context: # 1.3 GETTING STARTED: THE AD HOC PROBLEMS © Steven & Felix - **The Josephus-type problems** The Josephus problem is a classic problem where there are people numbered from 1, 2, ..., n, standing in a circle. Every nth person is to be executed. Only the last remaining person will be spared; this person is said to have been saved (Josephus). The smaller versions of this problem can be solved with plain brute force. The larger ones require better solutions. - **Problems related to Palindrome or Anagram** There are also classic problems: **Palindrome** is a word (or eventually a sequence) that can be read the same way in either direction. The most straightforward strategy to check if a word is a palindrome is to loop from the first character to the middle and check if the first matches the last, the second matches the second last, and so on. Example: `A man, a plan, a canal: Panama` is a palindrome. **Anagram** is a rearrangement of letters of a word (or phrase) to get another word (or phrase) using all of the original letters. The common strategy to think of two words as anagrams is to sort the letters of the words and compare the sorted letters. Example word: `eat`, `tea`, and `ate`. After sorting, both `aet` and `ate` would match — so, they are anagrams. - **Interesting Real Life Problems** This is one of the most interesting categories of problems in UVA online judge. We believe that some of the real-life problems are more interesting for those who are new to computer science. Don't feel shy if the new programs to solve real problems is an extra motivation. Who knows, you may also learn some new interesting knowledge from the problem description! ## Ad Hoc problems involving Time Date, time, calendar, etc. All these are also real life problems. As said earlier, people usually get extra motivation when dealing with real-life problems. Some of these problems will be math, or you can solve them using the Java Georgina/Calculator class as it has lots of library functions to deal with time. - **Just AI** Even after efforts to establish the Ad Hoc problems, there are still many others that are not bound to fit into a specific sub-category. The problems listed in this subsection are such problems. The solution for the next problems is to simply follow/imitate the problem description patterns. ## Ad Hoc problems in other chapters There are numerous other Ad Hoc problems which spread to other chapters, especially because they require more knowledge on top of basic programming skills. - Ad Hoc problems involving the usage of basic linear data structures, especially arrays are listed in Section 2.1. - Ad Hoc problems involving mathematical computations are listed in Section 5.2. - Ad Hoc problems involving processing of strings are listed in Section 6.3. - Ad Hoc problems involving basic geometry skills are listed in Section 7.2. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 12 Context: # Convention There are a lot of C++ codes shown in this book. If they appear, they will be written using this font. Many of them use typedefs, structs, or macros that are commonly used by competitive programmers to speed up the coding time. In the short section, we list some relevant examples. Java support has been increased substantially in the second edition of this book. This book uses such styles as, of now, does not support macros and typedefs. ```cpp // Suppress some compilation warning messages (only for VC++ users) #define _CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE // Shortcut for "common" data types in containers typedef long long int; // comments are made with code typedef pair pii; // are aligned to the right like this typedef vector vi; typedef vector vll; #define INF 1000000000 // 1 billion, safer than 2B for Floyd Warshall's // Common master settings // memset(arr, 0, sizeof(arr)); // initialize DP memoization table with -1 // memset(arr, 0, sizeof(arr)); // to clear array of integers // Note that we abandon the usage of "RHF" and "RHF" is the second edition // to reduce the confusion encountered by new programmers The following shortcuts are frequently used in our C/C++ codes in this book: ```cpp // Example: // m = a + b; // to simplify; if (a) or b; else = c; // index = (index + 1) % k; // from index; if (index >= n) index = 0; // index = (index - 1 + n) % n; // from index; if (index < 0) index = index + n; // arr = (arr - (double)0.5); // for rounding to nearest integer ``` We frequently use this min/max shortcut. ```cpp // Some codes used short circuit & (AND) and || (OR) ``` # Problem Categorization As of 1 August 2011, Steven and Felix combined have solved 1502 UVA problems (c 17% of active problems). About 118 of them are around classic and computational problems in the book. These problems are categorized according to a "hard vs easy" criterion. If a problem is classified into two or more categories, it will be placed in the category with the lowest number. The most difficult problems "easy vs difficult" or "easy vs hard" will be color coded as a red easy. Despite the problem types, you simply need to assess which problems you want to solve. What can be extreme is this; if you want to limit yourself to easy, you can mark yourself under the easier problems. In case you are interested in the index at the back of this book and the index items are sorted by problems, this section should clarify the relationship between the index numbers and the topics in this book that cover your need to understand the nature of these problems (and their required data structures). Unlike those that are nested by nature, "The diversity" problem-solving skill, it is a must try; we limit ourselves to choose maximum 3 highlights per category. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 3 Context: # CONTENTS © Steven & Felix 4.5 Combinatorics 4.5.1 Fibonacci Numbers .................................................. 129 4.5.2 Binomial Coefficients ................................................ 132 4.5.3 Catalan Numbers ..................................................... 134 4.5.4 Other Combinatorics .................................................. 136 5.5 Number Theory 5.5.1 Prime Numbers .......................................................... 138 5.5.2 Greatest Common Divisor (GCD) & Least Common Multiple (LCM) ........... 139 5.5.3 Finding Prime Factors with Optimized Trial Divisions ........... 143 5.5.4 Working with Prime Factors .............................................. 145 5.5.5 Functions Involving Prime Factors ......................................... 147 5.5.6 Modular Arithmetic ........................................................ 149 5.5.7 Extended Euclid's: Solving Linear Diophantine Equations ............. 140 5.5.8 Other Number Theoretic Problems ........................................ 142 5.6 Probability Theory 5.6.1 Cyclic-Polynomials .......................................................... 143 5.6.2 Sutherland's Efficient Data Structure ......................................... 145 5.6.3 Fibonacci Cycle-Finding Algorithm .......................................... 146 5.6.4 Same Tree's Cycle-Finding Algorithm ...................................... 148 5.6.5 Decision Trees .............................................................. 149 5.6.6 Mathematical Insights to Speed-Up the Solution ......................... 150 5.6.7 P = NP (Sagar) Matrix ..................................................... 151 5.6.8 Powers of a Sparse Matrix ................................................ 147 5.6.9 The Idea of Efficient Exponentiation .................................... 148 5.6.10 Sparse Matrix Exponentiation ......................................... 149 5.10 Chapter Notes ............................................................... 148 6 String Processing 6.1 Overview and Motivation ................................................. 151 6.2 Basic String Processing Skills .............................................. 152 6.3 Hard String Processing Problems .......................................... 153 6.4 String Matching ............................................................ 154 6.4.1 Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) Algorithm ............................... 155 6.4.2 String Matching in a 2D Grid ....................................... 157 6.5 String Processing with Dynamic Programming .............................. 159 6.5.1 String Alignment (Edit Distance) ................................... 160 6.5.2 Longest Common Subsequence ....................................... 162 6.6 Suffix Tree/Array .......................................................... 163 6.6.1 Suffix Tree and Applications ......................................... 164 6.6.2 Suffix Tree ............................................................ 165 6.6.3 Applications of Suffix Tree .......................................... 166 6.7 Chapter Notes ............................................................... 174 7 (Computational) Geometry 7.1 Overview and Motivation ................................................... 175 7.2 Basic Geometric Objects with Libraries ..................................... 176 7.2.1 2D Objects: Points .................................................... 177 7.2.2 1D Objects: Lines ....................................................... 177 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 24 Context: # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE ### Steven & Felix 4. How to compute the *shortest path* between two vertices on a weighted Directed Acyclic Graph (DAG) with \(|V|, |E| < 100K\)? Which algorithm(s) can be used in context setting? - (a) Dynamic Programming (Section 4.3.2, 4.4.1) - (b) Breadth First Search (Section 4.2.2 & 4.4) - (c) Dijkstra's (Section 4.3.1) - (d) Bellman Ford's (Section 4.4.4) - (e) Floyd Warshall's (Section 4.3) 5. Which algorithm is faster (based on its time complexity) for producing a list of the first 100 prime numbers? (Section 1.5.1) - Size of Exahusters (Section 1.5.1) 6. For each number in (1-100), test if isPrime(i) is true (Section 5.5.1). 7. You want to test if factorial of \( n \), i.e., \( n! \) is divisible by an integer \( m \). In case \( n \) is less than 10000. What should you do? - (a) The naive approach will not work. We must use: (Section 5.5.1) 8. You want to know all the occurrences of a substring \( P \) (of length \( m \)) in a (long) string \( T \) (of length \( n \)), if \( m \) and \( n \) can go up to 1M characters. - Given the following C++ code snippet: ```cpp for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { found = 0; for (int j = 0; j < m && found; j++) if (P[j] != T[i + j]) found = false; if (found) printf("%d is found in index %d in T\n", P, i); } ``` - The naive approach above will not work. We must use: (Section 6.4) 9. Same problem as in question 2 earlier, but now the number of points \( N \) is larger. \( N \leq 1M \). Recall that points are randomly sorted on 2D plane. - The naive approach above will not work. We must use: (Section 7.3.7) ## 1.2.3 Tip 4: Master Programming Languages There are various programming languages allowed in ICPC, including C/C++ and Java. While our answer is not exhaustive, we prefer C++ with built-in Standard Template Library (STL), which allows us to master lang, enable faster, more efficient implementation. Other languages include Python, Haskell, Java, etc. There are features, such as a powerful Random Number Generator that can be utilized as a Java program. Although we prefer C++, there's no denying that the latter, C++'s STL has the advantage in handling large competitions results, so consider that the "best" language to master is C++ as it is a robust language and ideal in a strong STL approach. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 7 Context: vsonalperspective.InsteadoftryingtocoverallaspectsoftheentirefieldIhavechosentopresentafewpopularandperhapsusefultoolsandapproaches.Butwhatwill(hopefully)besignificantlydifferentthanmostotherscientificbooksisthemannerinwhichIwillpresentthesemethods.Ihavealwaysbeenfrustratedbythelackofproperexplanationofequations.ManytimesIhavebeenstaringataformulahavingnottheslightestcluewhereitcamefromorhowitwasderived.Manybooksalsoexcelinstatingfactsinanalmostencyclopedicstyle,withoutprovidingtheproperintuitionofthemethod.Thisismyprimarymission:towriteabookwhichconveysintuition.ThefirstchapterwillbedevotedtowhyIthinkthisisimportant.MEANTFORINDUSTRYASWELLASBACKGROUNDREADING]ThisbookwaswrittenduringmysabbaticalattheRadboudtUniversityinNi-jmegen(Netherlands).Hansfordiscussiononintuition.IliketothankProf.BertKappenwholeadsanexcellentgroupofpostocsandstudentsforhishospitality.Marga,kids,UCI,... #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 248 Context: # INDEX @ Steven & Felts - **Factorial**: 316 - **Fenwick Tree**: 36 - **Floyd-Warshall**: 38 - **Fibonacci Numbers**: 129 - **Flood Fill**: 71 - **Game Theory**: 165 - **Game Tree, or Decision Tree**: 82 - **Goodrich, Christian**: 132 - **Graham's Scan**: 191 - **Goup, T.**: 71 - **Data Structures**: 29 - **Great-Circle Distance**: 186 - **Greatest Common Divisor**: 135 - **Grid**: 122 ## Hash Table - **Heap**: 27 - **Heron of Alexandria**: 184, 187 - **Hoffman & Kramalu**: 154 - **Hopcroft, John Edward**: 78, 89 ## 1PC1 1. **Internal Covering**: 53 2. **IO1 2003 - Total Maintenance**: 39 3. **IO1 2003 - The Frontier**: 173 4. **IO1 2009 - Archive**: 206 5. **IO1 2009 - Neighbors**: 191 6. **IO1 2009 - Achieving**: 15 7. **IO1 2010 - Community of Living**: 50 8. **IO1 2010 - Eclipse**: 94 9. **IO1 2010 - Interference**: 95 10. **IO1 2011 - Preparing**: 110 11. **IO1 2011 - The Retired Generates**: 302 12. **IO1 2011 - Permutation**: 287 13. **IO1 2011 - Tailored Garden**: 82 14. **IO1 2011 - Hashing A**: 159 15. **Iterative Deepening Search**: 204 ## Miscellaneous - **Java BigInteger Class**: 125 - **Base Number Conversion**: 127 - **GCD**: 126 - **Java Pattern (Regular Expressions)**: 153 - **Karp, Richard Manning**: 65, 102 - **Kemeny, John Earle**: 199 - **Knuth, Donald Ervin**: 159 - **Kruskal's Algorithm**: 156 - **Kronfeld, Joseph Bernard**: 84 ## LA Sections - **LA 2189 - Mobile Algorithms**: 18 - **LA 2195 - Counting Zeros**: 30 - **LA 2519 - Regularization**: 162 - **LA 2569 - Recursive Structures**: 98 - **LA 2636 - Calling Structures**: 50 - **LA 2676 - Arching Books**: 179 - **LA 2719 - Geodesic Path Problem**: 100 - **LA 2724 - APT Problem**: 15 - **LA 3015 - Environment**: 20 - **LA 3021 - Library and Solutions**: 118 - **LA 3134 - Traveling**: 36 - **LA 3735 - Accebs**: 226 - **LA 3819 - Garbage Free**: 194 - **LA 3173 - Arrows**: 50 - **LA 3724 - Evolution**: 115 - **LA 3697 - Brining FIPA**: 211 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 21 Context: ``` # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE ## Steven & Felg Exercise 1.2.1. Read the UVa [28] problems shown in Table 1.2 and determine their problem types. The first and the fifth ones have been filled-in for you. Filling this table is easy after inserting hints to basic techniques to solve these problems as discussed in this book. Please revisit this section when you have finished reading this book. | UVa ID | Title | Problem Type | Hint | |--------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------| | 10081 | Rat Attack | Complete Search or Dynamic Programming | Section 3.2 & 3.5 | | 11920 | Daring of Loewen | Section 3.4 | | | 11034 | Wedding Shopping | Section 3.4 | | | 11511 | Forming Quiz Teams DP + Bitmask | Section 3.4 | | | 11661 | Angry Program | Section 4.1 | | | 10236 | Pear Fenced!! | Section 4.7 | | | 10717 | MITMATIC | Section 6.2 | | | 13175 | Glasses-Plate Packers | Section 6.3 | | | 10065 | Useless The Packers | Section 7.6 | | Table 1.2: Exercise: Classify These UVa Problems The goal is not just to map problems into categories as in table 1.1. After you are familiar with most of the topics in this book, you can classify the problems into just four types as in Table 1.3. | No. | Category | Candidate and Expected Solving Support | |-----|--------------|---------------------------------------------------------| | A | I have solved this type before | I can candidate that I can solve it again (not fast)| | B | I have solved this type before | But I know solving this solution takes time | | C | I have not solved this type before | But that I have not or cannot solve it | | D | I have not seen this type before | I may (not) be able to solve it under current time | To be competitive, you must frequently classify the problems that you read in the problem set into type A (or at least type B). ## 1.2.2 Tip 3: Do Algorithm Analysis Once you have designed an algorithm to solve a particular problem in a programming contest, you must think and ask this question: Given the maximum input bound (usually given in a good problem statement), how fast can the currently developed algorithm, with its time/space complexity, solve the given problem (for this particular problem)? Some heuristics from that can say how to attack a problem. However, some of them may be mistaken, or may not help much for the problem in the contest itself. The rule of thumb is that if you are given a specific problem structure - the chances that it works (for costs that are suitable for your algorithm) help to predict the correct answer. For example, if your algorithm has time of `O(N)` (or `O(N - log(N))`) and your algorithm can solve it for `N = 10^6`. You could consider two ways to adjust your current input size; constructive analysis will support your divisor selects (and/or constant inputs) where the bounds of the case should be given multiple or yield `O(N log(N))`, not just `O(N)`. Thinking from restriction analysis, polynomials are significant: for an algorithm that works is crucial. However, without making overly excessive assumptions, be aware - it is extremely hard to deal when complexities vary widely, because you’ll notice you can get it wrong. When you are well prepared, the chances that you can come up with the correct solution is higher. ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 246 Context: # BIBLIOGRAPHY [1] TopCoder Inc. PrimePairs. Copyright 2019 TopCoder, Inc. All rights reserved. [Link](http://www.topcoder.com/tc?module=Static&d1=about&d2=tc&d=13712) [2] TopCoder Inc. Single Round Match (SRM). [Link](http://www.topcoder.com/srm) [3] Competitive Learning Initiative. ACM ICPC Live Archive. [Link](http://icpc.uva.es) [4] DOI. International Olympiad in Informatics. [Link](http://ioinformatics.org) [5] J. Ada Khatikashvili, Giovanni Marrazi, and Simon J. Puglisi. Permuted Longest-Common-Prefix Array. In CPAL, LNCS 3579, pages 181–192, 2006. [6] Jon Kleinberg and Éva Tardos. Algorithm Design. Addison Wesley, 2006. [7] Anany Levitin. Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms. Addison Wesley, 2002. [8] Rujia Liu. 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[Link](http://www.wikipedia.org) #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 3 Context: ContentsPrefaceiiiLearningandIntuitionvii1DataandInformation11.1DataRepresentation.........................21.2PreprocessingtheData.......................42DataVisualization73Learning113.1InaNutshell.............................154TypesofMachineLearning174.1InaNutshell.............................205NearestNeighborsClassification215.1TheIdeaInaNutshell........................236TheNaiveBayesianClassifier256.1TheNaiveBayesModel......................256.2LearningaNaiveBayesClassifier.................276.3Class-PredictionforNewInstances.................286.4Regularization............................306.5Remarks...............................316.6TheIdeaInaNutshell........................317ThePerceptron337.1ThePerceptronModel.......................34i #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 1 Context: ContentsForewordvPrefaceviAuthors’ProfilesandCopyrightxiConventionandProblemCategorizationxiiListofAbbreviationsxiiiListofTablesxivListofFiguresxv1Introduction11.1CompetitiveProgramming.................................11.2TipstobeCompetitive..................................21.2.1Tip2:QuicklyIdentifyProblemTypes.....................41.2.2Tip3:DoAlgorithmAnalysis...........................51.2.3Tip4:MasterProgrammingLanguages.....................81.2.4Tip5:MastertheArtofTestingCode......................101.2.5Tip6:PracticeandMorePractice........................121.2.6Tip7:TeamWork(ICPCOnly).........................121.3GettingStarted:TheAdHocProblems.........................131.4ChapterNotes.......................................192DataStructuresandLibraries212.1OverviewandMotivation.................................212.2DataStructureswithBuilt-inLibraries..........................222.2.1LinearDataStructures..............................222.2.2Non-LinearDataStructures............................262.3DataStructureswithOur-OwnLibraries.........................292.3.1Graph........................................292.3.2Union-FindDisjointSets.............................302.3.3SegmentTree....................................322.3.4FenwickTree....................................352.4ChapterNotes.......................................383ProblemSolvingParadigms393.1OverviewandMotivation.................................393.2CompleteSearch......................................393.2.1Examples......................................403.2.2Tips.........................................413.3DivideandConquer....................................47i #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 26 Context: # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE ## Exercise 1.2.8 Write the shortest codes that you can think of for the following tasks: 1. Given a string that represents a base X number, convert it to equivalent string in base Y: `2. X = X 5^y, base Y = base 16 (Hexadecimal) -> 75 in base Y = 10 (Decimal) and `11111111` in base Y = 2 (Binary). (More details in Section 5.3.) 2. Given a list of integers `L` of size up to `n` integers, determine whether a value `x` exists in `L` by not using more than `n/3` comparisons. (More details in Section 2.1.) 3. Given a date, determine what day it is (Monday, Tuesday, …, Sunday) of that date? (e.g. 9 August 2010 – the birthday of the first edition of this book – is Monday.) 4. Given an string, replace all 'special words' of length 3 with 3 stars: The ‘special word’ starts with a printable alphabet character and followed by two consecutive digits, e.g. 'foo' => 'foo' will be replaced, but 'a21' and 'a872' will not. `S = 'foo *** ***'` will be replaced, but `a21` and `a872` will not. 5. Write the shortest possible Java code to read in a double: (e.g. `1.4725`, `3.24536727`, etc.) Read in again, but with minimum width and 3 digits after decimal point. (e.g. `473` (where `d` denotes a space), `325`, `325.6`, etc.) 6. Generate all possible permutations of `(0, 1, 2, …, N-1)` for `N = 20`. 7. Generate all possible subsets of `(0, 1, 2, …, N-1)`. For `N = 20`. ## 1.2.4 Tip 5: Master the Art of Testing Code You thought that you have nailed a particular problem. You have identified its type, designed the necessary function, and calculated the algorithm's time-space complexity — it will become the next big thing! However, during the programming contest, you may or may not get penalized by solving the problem partially. In PCPC, you will only get credit if your team’s code solves all the judge's secret tests. That is, it’s your job to test. Other responses like Presentation Error (PE), Wrong Answer (WA), Time Limit Exceeded (TLE), Memory Limit Exceeded (MLE), and Runtime Error (RE), do not increase your team's points. In ICPC (2010-2011), the output scoring system is used. Test cases are first and foremost, that is usually the smallest variant of the tests for the judge. Always try to submit as several variants of test cases to dish out good practice. Consider some strategies for ensuring that you can explore thoroughly the corner cases. If your code looks clean and you think your code is optimal, that is good. Validate that you are teaching yourself to be able to solve incredibly (otherwise, there is no point in learning). Make testing fun, right? A test case can be used to complete the code which can help in debugging cases. If testing is done correctly and with good test code, you can end up being good to go! #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 22 Context: # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE **Steven & Felix** Now hear about this scenario: You can only devise an algorithm of order \( O(n^3) \). Seems pretty bad right? If \( n = 10 \), then you are done. Don’t directly implement your \( O(n^3) \) algorithm since it’s just \( 1000 \) and your algorithm will only take a relatively small constant time. Instead, consider the complexity of your algorithm with the given input size and stated time/memory limit; you can refine whether you should try coding your algorithm (which will take plenty, especially in the time-constrained IPCs and IDCs) or attempt to solve the problem in less time in the mind’s eye. In this book, we will not discuss the choice of algorithm analysis in detail. We ensure that you understand the basics. Please check other reference books for the questions listed further in "Algorithm Design" [1], "Algorithms Unlocked" [2], etc., and make sure that you understand how to: - Prove the correctness of an algorithm (especially for Greedy algorithms in Section 3.4). - Analyze time/space complexity for iterative and recursive algorithms. - Perform amortized analysis (see §8, Chapter 17 – although rarely used in contests). The output-sensitive analysis aims to analyze algorithms which depend on output size. Example: The \( O(n \log n) \) complexity for finding a pattern string with length \( m \) where length \( n \) is the length of the input string. See Section 6.6.3. See here that \( n \) and \( m \) are not fixed! Many novice programmers would skip this phase and attempt to directly code the first algorithm that either comes in mind (usually for the worst case) only to realize that the first approach is indeed not efficient for any input (even bad ones) or wrong. Our order of the I/O constraints is not as drastic as the time limits for algorithms. Referring to Table 1.4, note that the first two rows point out that our algorithms can’t be constant time. The reason is similar to what we argued in Table 1.6. Variants of Table 1.4 can also be helpful in many algorithms books. However, we put another one here from a programming point of view. Essentially, the simplest approach would barely give you \( O(n) \) for a list by using \( n \) typical items that input your case \( \text{index}\_C \). Using a fixed computational time, input your input size and your time limit (in seconds) as the understanding of \( \text{hint}\_C \). The simplest algorithm might seem for your time complexity, but remember that the main CPU can handle \( 101 \) items in just time. | Worst Case Algorithm | Comment | |----------------------|-----------------------------------------| | \( O(1) \) | e.g. Determining a permutation (Section 3.2) | | \( O(n) \) | e.g. DP for Knapsack (Section 3.5.2) | | \( O(n \log n) \) | e.g. DP with a 1D/2D dynamic (Section 4.1) | | \( O(n^2) \) | e.g. Floyd Warshall’s (Section 4.5) | | \( O(n^3) \) | e.g. Bubble, Shellsort, Insertion Sort (Section 2.2.1) | | \( 10^6 \) | e.g. Merge sort, building Segment Tree (Section 2.2) | | \( O(n^2) \) | e.g. Standard problem has time limit \( n \) (see reduced input). | Table 1.4: Ratio of the Worst Case Algorithms. *We also verify input size in single test case that usually allows your main CPU can handle \( 10^1 \) items in just time limit of \( 3 \).* Examine Table 1.4, and see the importance of knowing good bounds when designing algorithms that truly aim to solve the problems with largest input size. There is a factor that shows us how our algorithm will give out. In Section 3.2.2 later, we will see a few tricks that improve our algorithm’s capabilities as we do reference algorithms for various computing problems. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 27 Context: # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE **Steven & Felix** 1. For multiple test cases, you should include two identical sample test cases consecutively. Both must output the same unknown correct results. This is to check whether you have forgotten to initialize some variables, which will be easily identified if the first instance produces the correct output but the second does not. 2. Your test cases must include edge cases. 3. Increase the input size incrementally up to the maximum possible stated in problem description. Sometimes your program works for small input sizes, but behaves wrongly (or slowly) when input size increases. Check for overflow, out of bounds, and other flaws. 4. Your test cases must include tricky corner cases. Think like the problem setter! Identify cases that are the "hiddens" in the problem description. Some typical corners are: - \( N = 0 \) - \( N = 1 \) - extreme values and similar problems. 5. Do not assume that input will always be nicely formatted if the problem description does not say so (especially for faulty white problem). Try experimenting in the edge cases (space, tab, new line characters). Check thoroughly your code is able to read in the values correctly too. 6. Finally, generate large random test cases to see if your code continues to run fast and give reasonably correct outputs. The constraints is there to verify here—it is theirs to verify that your code meets during the time limit. --- However, after all these steps, you may still get non-AC responses. In ICPC, you and your team can actually see the judges’ response to determine your next action. With more experience in such contexts, you will be able to make better judgments. See the next exercises: ### Exercise 1.2.4: Standings Judging (Mastig in ICPC rating) 1. You receive a WA response for a very easy problem. What should you do? - (a) Abandon this problem and do another. - (b) Analyze the performance of your solution (optimize the code or use a better algorithm). - (c) Trace test cases and find the bug. 2. You receive a TLE response for an O(N^2) solution. However, maximum N is just 100. What should you do? - (a) Abandon this problem and do another. - (b) Analyze the performance of your solution (optimize the code or use better algorithm). - (c) Traipse back to test cases and find the bug. 3. You receive an RTE response. Your code runs OK in your machine. What should you do? - (a) Analyze the problem with WA code, switch to that other problem in attempt to solve another problem. - (b) (ICPC): Print the WA code. Ask two other team members to scrutinize the code of their solution. What should you (your team) do? **To run 2010-2011 contestants have inflated ideas that they can easily check the correctness of their riddled code. The exercise in the notice is more towards ICPC's regard.** #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 28 Context: # 1.2.5 Tip 6: Practice and More Practice Competitive programmers, like real athletes, must train themselves regularly and keep themselves programming. This is not easy, yet it is a great way to interact with others and to improve your problem-solving skills. Success comes as a result of continuous practice and contest participation. Universally called problem (P) solvers, there exists various ACM contest problems (usually local or regional) that you can find and solve based on other users' contest problems. Solutions to your problems will be reported as soon as possible. Try solving the problems mentioned in the book and revisit them later. Your rank is determined by how many problems you’ve solved. The difficult problems are ranked by difficulty. If you start with 1296 problems, UVa is ranked 64 (for solving 120 problems) and 11368 UVa issues and 2950 problems. ## References - [UVa Online Judge](https://uva.onlinejudge.org/) - [ACM-ICPC Live Archive](https://icpcarchive.ecs.baylor.edu/) --- # 1.2.6 Tip 7: Team Work (ICPC Only) This is yet another thing that is teachable. But here are some ideas that may be worth trying: - **Practice coding on a blank paper** (useful when your teammate is fixing the other problem). - Submit coding as a group. Remember, only one submission per team. - Start with the easiest problem first (if you can). - If you are working on a solution, keep your partner informed. If your teammate has a more optimal coding algorithm, prepare challenges for them to develop and, subsequently, you have to prepare testing cases that highlight the solutions. ### The X-Factor - Befriend your teammates outside the training sessions & actual competition. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 249 Context: ``` # INDEX LA 2011 - Editor, 173 LA 3001 - The Code, 132 LA 3208 - Plot Configs, 128 LA 3897 - The Excerpt constant expr., 129 LA 3909 - Multidimensional Arrays, 83 LA 4001 - MODX, 128 LA 4008 - LEGOs, 31 LA 4010 - ACRON, 123 LA 4013 - ISINT, 128 LA 4014 - RACING, 60 LA 4017 - The First Lego Book LA 4018 - Expert Paths, 81 LA 4021 - Expert Functions, 65 LA 4093 - Libraries, 117 LA 4194 - Create-Ks Philanthropy - 155 LA 4196 - JCP Team Strategy, 211 LA 4201 - Hybrid Framework, 15 LA 4202 - Setup for Tuned Systems, 156 LA 4204 - Expert Buffs, 211 LA 4212 - Create-1 Material Man, 13 LA 4218 - Sources of Findings, 82 LA 4219 - Checklist Demo, 128 LA 4290 - Stopping Point Day, 128 LA 4321 - Prerequisites Breakdown, 202 LA 4328 - A-City vs. Dot, 118 LA 4421 - Book List, 211 LA 4483 - The Tool Set, 140 LA 4747 - Rigid Fabrication, 210 LA 4771 - Mixed Realities, 134 LA 4772 - Spotlights, 135 LA 4773 - Analysis Alerts, 129 LA 4810 - Library References, 132 LA 4812 - Visions, 109 LA 4815 - Safety Materials, 94 LA 4821 - Hybrid Paradigm, 210 LA 4832 - Stacking Donuts, 128 LA 4903 - Starting Chocolate, 210 LA 4913 - Stacks, 45 LA 4841 - String Popping, 45 LA 4845 - Password, 61 LA 4854 - Satellite, 123 LA 4877 - Binary Search, 132 LA 4884 - Tower Build, 80 LA 4891 - Overlapping Zones, 46 LA 4993 - Language Subnetting, 202 LA 5000 - Undertaker Scripts, 212 LA 5001 - Severity Metrics, 38 LA 5004 - Law of Causes, 181 Last Common Multiple, 135 Let-Run Test, see CCW Text Libraries 17 Linear Disproportionate Equality, 141 Link List, 172 Live Archive, 12 Longest Common Subsequence, 161 Longest Counting Substring, 61 Lowest Common Ancestor, 113 ## Math Member, 101 MathLib, 149 Max Flow - Max Flow with Vertex Capacities, 105 - Maximum Independent Paths, 106 - Min (Cost) Flow, 105 Max-Min, 119 Minimum Spanning Tree, 86 - Minimum Spanning Tree, 86 - Partial Minimum Spanning Tree, 86 ### Search and Sorting - Search Best String, 87 - Monte Carlo Principle, 107 - Myers, 63, 159 Optimal Play, see Perfect Play Palindromes, 128 Pascal, Blazer, 128 Perfect Play, 145 ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 31 Context: 19fallunderthename”reinforcementlearning”.Itisaverygeneralsetupinwhichalmostallknowncasesofmachinelearningcanbecast,butthisgeneralityalsomeansthatthesetypeofproblemscanbeverydifficult.ThemostgeneralRLproblemsdonotevenassumethatyouknowwhattheworldlookslike(i.e.themazeforthemouse),soyouhavetosimultaneouslylearnamodeloftheworldandsolveyourtaskinit.Thisdualtaskinducesinterestingtrade-offs:shouldyouinvesttimenowtolearnmachinelearningandreapthebenefitlaterintermsofahighsalaryworkingforYahoo!,orshouldyoustopinvestingnowandstartexploitingwhatyouhavelearnedsofar?Thisisclearlyafunctionofage,orthetimehorizonthatyoustillhavetotakeadvantageoftheseinvestments.Themouseissimilarlyconfrontedwiththeproblemofwhetherheshouldtryoutthisnewalleyinthemazethatcancutdownhistimetoreachthecheeseconsiderably,orwhetherheshouldsimplystaywithhehaslearnedandtaketheroutehealreadyknows.Thisclearlydependsonhowoftenhethinkshewillhavetorunthroughthesamemazeinthefuture.Wecallthistheexplorationversusexploitationtrade-off.ThereasonthatRLisaveryexcitingfieldofresearchisbecauseofitsbiologicalrelevance.Dowenotalsohavefigureouthowtheworldworksandsurviveinit?Let’sgobacktothenews-articles.Assumewehavecontroloverwhatarticlewewilllabelnext.Whichonewouldbepick.Surelytheonethatwouldbemostinformativeinsomesuitablydefinedsense.Orthemouseinthemaze.Giventhatdecidestoexplore,wheredoesheexplore?Surelyhewilltrytoseekoutalleysthatlookpromising,i.e.alleysthatheexpectstomaximizehisreward.Wecalltheproblemoffindingthenextbestdata-casetoinvestigate“activelearning”.Onemayalsobefacedwithlearningmultipletasksatthesametime.Thesetasksarerelatedbutnotidentical.Forinstance,considertheproblemifrecom-mendingmoviestocustomersofNetflix.Eachpersonisdifferentandwouldre-allyrequireaseparatemodeltomaketherecommendations.However,peoplealsosharecommonalities,especiallywhenpeopleshowevidenceofbeingofthesame“type”(forexampleasffanoracomedyfan).Wecanlearnpersonalizedmodelsbutsharefeaturesbetweenthem.Especiallyfornewcustomers,wherewedon’thaveaccess #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 2 Context: # CONTENTS © Steven & Eric ## 3 Algorithms ### 3.1 Interesting Usages of Binary Search ### 3.2 Geometry #### 3.2.1 Examples ### 3.3 Dynamic Programming #### 3.3.1 DP Illustration ### 3.4 Classical Economics ### 3.5 Non Classical Examples ### 3.6 Chapter Notes ## 4 Graph ### 4.1 Overview and Motivation ### 4.2 Graph Traversal #### 4.2.1 Depth First Search (DFS) #### 4.2.2 Breadth First Search (BFS) #### 4.2.3 Finding Connected Components (in an Uninhibited Graph) #### 4.2.4 Flood Fill - Labeling/Closing the Connected Components #### 4.2.5 Topological Sort of a Directed Acyclic Graph #### 4.2.6 Graphs Edge Property Check via DFS Spanning Tree #### 4.2.7 Finding Articulation Points and Bridges (in an Undirected Graph) #### 4.2.8 Finding Strongly Connected Components (in a Directed Graph) ### 4.3 Minimum Spanning Tree #### 4.3.1 Overview and Motivation #### 4.3.2 Kruskal's Algorithm #### 4.3.3 Prim's Algorithm #### 4.3.4 Other Useful Algorithms ### 4.4 Single-Source Shortest Paths #### 4.4.1 SSP on Unweighted Graph #### 4.4.2 SSP on Weighted Graph #### 4.4.3 SSP on Graph with Negative Weight Cycle ### 4.5 All-Pairs Shortest Paths #### 4.5.1 Overview and Motivation #### 4.5.2 Implementation of Floyd Warshall’s DP Solution #### 4.5.3 Other Applications ### 4.6 Minimum Spanning Trees #### 4.6.1 Overview and Motivation #### 4.6.2 Reed-Kellner's Method #### 4.6.3 Remarkable Applications ### 4.7 Special Graphs #### 4.7.1 Directed Acyclic Graph #### 4.7.2 Tree #### 4.7.3 Bipartite Graph ### 4.8 Chapter Notes ## 5 Mathematics ### 5.1 Overview and Motivation ### 5.2 Hard Job Mathematics Problems ### 5.3 Basic Structure Classes #### 5.3.1 Base Features #### 5.3.2 Base Features #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 1 Context: AFirstEncounterwithMachineLearningMaxWellingDonaldBrenSchoolofInformationandComputerScienceUniversityofCaliforniaIrvineNovember4,2011 #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 81 Context: Chapter14KernelCanonicalCorrelationAnalysisImagineyouaregiven2copiesofacorpusofdocuments,onewritteninEnglish,theotherwritteninGerman.Youmayconsideranarbitraryrepresentationofthedocuments,butfordefinitenesswewillusethe“vectorspace”representationwherethereisanentryforeverypossiblewordinthevocabularyandadocumentisrepresentedbycountvaluesforeveryword,i.e.iftheword“theappeared12timesandthefirstwordinthevocabularywehaveX1(doc)=12etc.Let’ssayweareinterestedinextractinglowdimensionalrepresentationsforeachdocument.Ifwehadonlyonelanguage,wecouldconsiderrunningPCAtoextractdirectionsinwordspacethatcarrymostofthevariance.Thishastheabilitytoinfersemanticrelationsbetweenthewordssuchassynonymy,becauseifwordstendtoco-occuroftenindocuments,i.e.theyarehighlycorrelated,theytendtobecombinedintoasingledimensioninthenewspace.Thesespacescanoftenbeinterpretedastopicspaces.Ifwehavetwotranslations,wecantrytofindprojectionsofeachrepresenta-tionseparatelysuchthattheprojectionsaremaximallycorrelated.Hopefully,thisimpliesthattheyrepresentthesametopicintwodifferentlanguages.Inthiswaywecanextractlanguageindependenttopics.LetxbeadocumentinEnglishandyadocumentinGerman.Considertheprojections:u=aTxandv=bTy.Alsoassumethatthedatahavezeromean.Wenowconsiderthefollowingobjective,ρ=E[uv]pE[u2]E[v2](14.1)69 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 11 Context: # Authors’ Profiles ## Steven Halim, PhD¹ stevenhalim@gmail.com Steven Halim is currently a lecturer in the School of Computing, National University of Singapore (SLC, NUS). He teaches several programming courses in NUS, ranging from basic programming to algorithms, and up to the “Competitive Programming” module that sets the tone for this book. He is heavily involved in competitive programming and has participated in several ACM ICPC Regionals and nationals, (Singapore 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008), and NUS itself has been active in the ACM ICPC World Finals team (2008-2010) as well as ICPC 2004, Early Awards. As of now, Steven is happily married man. His wife, Grace Shyuan, is currently pregnant with their first baby during the time the second edition of this book is released. ## Felix Halim, PhD Candidate² felix.halim@gmail.com Felix Halim is currently a PhD student in the same University, SoC, under his brother as the supervisor. He has a more neutral reputation than his elder brother. He was in the 2012 contest (represented NUS), and his ICPC teams at that time, Bin Shyamz and obtained podium rank 66th and 10th respectively. Then, in his final year he also won ACM ICPC Regional in 2010 and he had also competed in ACM ICPC World Finals at Tokyo 2012 (Bookmarking - No High Rating is a yellow color). # Copyright No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, scanning, uploading to any information storage and retrieval system. * ¹PhD Thesis: “An Integrated Writer-Block Box Approach for Designing and Training Stochastic Local Search Algorithms” * ²Honours thesis: “Large Scale Data Processing.” #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 34 Context: # 1.8 GETTING STARTED: THE AD HOC PROBLEMS © Steven & Felix 1. **Problem Set:** | No. | Problem ID | Problem Title | |-----|------------|-----------------------------------------------| | 41 | UVA 11586 | Train Truss (FILE to force, find the pattern) | | 42 | UVA 11691 | Burglar (Timur's case) | | 43 | UVA 11713 | Substring (check if their substrings and tables will have 2 or more) | | 44 | UVA 11769 | Delaying (antimanipulative, string-edit) | | 45 | UVA 11787 | Energy Saving Microcontroller (tricky simulation) | | 46 | UVA 11820 | Aida (and Sun) | | 47 | UVA 11905 | Cube Down (box backward, cold box) | | 48 | UVA 11906 | Grade Number (old box) | | 49 | UVA 11909 | Brother (immunity; ignore :) | | 50 | UVA 12030 | Pool | | 51 | UVA 12031 | Memory (use 2 pointers) | | 52 | UVA 12032 | Check (use 2 linear passes) | | 53 | UVA 12034 | Multi Custodian (Daulat) | | 54 | UVA 12035 | Mean Average (Daulat) | | 55 | UVA 12037 | Digit Counting (Daulat) | | 56 | UVA 12112 | Siblings Tournament (Daulat) | | 57 | UVA 12145 | Subtlety of a Married Man (Daulat) | | 58 | UVA 12156 | Bookstore (World Park Flash) | | 59 | UVA 12166 | Language Detector (KualaLumpur) | --- **Figure 1.4:** Some references that inspired the authors to write this book. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 29 Context: Chapter4TypesofMachineLearningWenowwillturnourattentionanddiscusssomelearningproblemsthatwewillencounterinthisbook.ThemostwellstudiedprobleminMListhatofsupervisedlearning.Toexplainthis,let’sfirstlookatanexample.Bobwanttolearnhowtodistinguishbetweenbobcatsandmountainlions.HetypesthesewordsintoGoogleImageSearchandcloselystudiesallcatlikeimagesofbobcatsontheonehandandmountainlionsontheother.SomemonthslateronahikingtripintheSanBernardinomountainsheseesabigcat....ThedatathatBobcollectedwaslabelledbecauseGoogleissupposedtoonlyreturnpicturesofbobcatswhenyousearchfortheword”bobcat”(andsimilarlyformountainlions).Let’scalltheimagesX1,..XnandthelabelsY1,...,Yn.NotethatXiaremuchhigherdimensionalobjectsbecausetheyrepresentallthein-formationextractedfromtheimage(approximately1millionpixelcolorvalues),whileYiissimply−1or1dependingonhowwechoosetolabelourclasses.So,thatwouldbearatioofabout1millionto1intermsofinformationcontent!Theclassificationproblemcanusuallybeposedasfinding(a.k.a.learning)afunctionf(x)thatapproximatesthecorrectclasslabelsforanyinputx.Forinstance,wemaydecidethatsign[f(x)]isthepredictorforourclasslabel.Inthefollowingwewillbestudyingquiteafewoftheseclassificationalgorithms.Thereisalsoadifferentfamilyoflearningproblemsknownasunsupervisedlearningproblems.InthiscasetherearenolabelsYinvolved,justthefeaturesX.Ourtaskisnottoclassify,buttoorganizethedata,ortodiscoverthestructureinthedata.Thismaybeveryusefulforvisualizationdata,compressingdata,ororganizingdataforeasyaccessibility.Extractingstructureindataoftenleadstothediscoveryofconcepts,topics,abstractions,factors,causes,andmoresuchtermsthatallreallymeanthesamething.Thesearetheunderlyingsemantic17 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 5 Context: # Foreword Long time ago (exactly the Tuesday November 11th 2003 at 23:57:57 UTC), I received an e-mail with the following subject: "I simply ask for a simple word that with the UVA site, you have given birth to a new CIVILIZATION and with the book you wrote the next: 'Programming Challenges: The Programming Contest Training Manual' [3], coauthored with Steven Skiena, you inspire the readers to carry on mastering. May you look to serve the humanity by producing super-human programmers." Although, this is clear that was an exaggeration, to tell the truth I started thinking a bit about and I had a dream: to create a community around the project I had started as a part of teaching job at UVA, which process from every corner of the world to work together after that ideal. Just when I started to think I completely forgot a couple of people who was there with me. In late 1996, it was at the Master's School that Steven Helman, a very young student from Indonesia, and I started to believe that the dream would become real a day, because of the way the internet was able to affect so many students internationally. After a couple of years, I found out that he had met a good number of really bright students, and one of them at the best, has a brother with similar interest as well. I just can imagine a better complement for the UVA Online Judge, as we would probably have nearly a hundred carefully selected and categorized both by problem type and solving techniques, an environment that helps to make the task easier for the rest of the students and practicing more, but becomes really hard for real cases of like 50 problems involved in ICPC, sometimes, less can be enough to finish with contributing UVA Online. Then it’s time for the book "Competitive Programming: Increase in the Lower Bound of Programming Skills" to offer magic parameters which may help them more efficiently. I expect that this book would provide student with more techniques to not only seek solutions but also how to write elegant programs. We wanted to provide practical C++ source codes to implement the given algorithms. Because of movements that this is a tricky matter, the book is written as authoring alone, but every time you will find as a kind of information in the introductions to the book's chapters. After you read this introduction, you may even realize that you are a much better programmer and, more important, a more happy person. --- Miguel A. Revilla, University of Valladolid UVA Online Judge Coordinator, ACM/ICPC International Steering Committee Member and Problem Archivist [http://uva.onlinejudge.org](http://uva.onlinejudge.org) | [http://livearchive.onlinejudge.org](http://livearchive.onlinejudge.org) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 86 Context: # 3.6 Chapter Notes Many problems in ICPC or IOI require one or combination (see Section 3.2) of these problem-solving paradigms. In this chapter, we aim to consolidate a chapter in this book that contestants have to really master; we will discuss this in turn. The main source of the "Complete Search" material in this chapter is the USACO training gateway [2]. We adopt the term "Complete Search" rather than "Brute-Force" as we believe that some "Complete Search" solutions can be cleaner and more efficient, although it is complete. We define the term "Complete Search" as a full self-correcting. We will discuss some advanced search techniques later in Section 3.8, e.g., A* Search, Depth Limited Search (DLS), Iterative Deepening (ID), and Iterative Deepening A* (IDA*). Divided and conquer paradigms is usually used in the form of its popular algorithms: binary search and its variants, merge/sort (basic sort), and data structures: binary search tree, heap, segment tree, etc. We will see more D&C later in Computational Geometry (Section 7.4). * **Dynamic Programming (DP):** DP techniques and techniques are always included in popular literature, see the Introduction to Algorithms [3], Algorithm Design [2], Algorithm [4]. However, to keep pace with the growing difficulties and clarity of these techniques, especially the DP techniques, we include more references from Internet "Dynamic Algorithm tutorial" [1] and recent programming contests. In this book, we will revisit DP for another context: [First Washbowl’s DP algorithm (Section 6.1), DP (implied) DAG (Section 3.17), DP on String (Section 6.5), and More Advanced DP (Section 5.4)]. However, for some real problems, especially those that are classified as NP-Complete [3], many of the approaches discussed so far will not work. For example, a Knapsack Problem with base O(N^5) complexity is known if it is big (∀N, by Pseudo-polynomial Time complexity) to know if it is much harder than two such problems, people use heuristics or local search. Tabu Search [14], 4-Square Algorithm, Ants Colony Optimization, Beam Search, etc. --- These are 19 UVA (4 + 15 others) programming exercises discussed in this chapter. (Only 10 in the first edition, a 75% increase). There are 32 pages in this chapter. (Also 32 in the first edition, but some content have been reorganized to Chapter 4 and 8). #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 247 Context: IndexA*,203ACM,1Adelson-Velskii,Georgii,38All-PairsShortestPaths,96FindingNegativeCycle,99MinimaxandMaximin,99PrintingShortestPaths,98TransitiveClosure,99AlternatingPathAlgorithm,116Array,22ArticulationPoints,77Backtracking,40BackusNaurForm,153Bayer,Rudolf,38BellmanFord’s,93Bellman,Richard,93Bellman,RichardErnest,95BigInteger,seeJavaBigIntegerClassBinaryIndexedTree,35BinarySearch,47BinarySearchtheAnswer,49,197BinarySearchTree,26BinomialCoefficients,130Bioinformatics,seeStringProcessingBipartiteGraph,114Check,76MaxCardinalityBipartiteMatching,114MaxIndependentSet,115MinPathCover,116MinVertexCover,115BisectionMethod,48,195Bitmask,23,65,205bitset,134BreadthFirstSearch,72,76,90,102Bridges,77BruteForce,39CatalanNumbers,131Catalan,Eug`eneCharles,128CCWTest,180ChinesePostman/RouteInspectionProblem,205Cipher,153Circles,181CoinChange,51,64Combinatorics,129CompetitiveProgramming,1CompleteGraph,206CompleteSearch,39ComputationalGeometry,seeGeometryConnectedComponents,73ConvexHull,191CrossProduct,180CutEdge,seeBridgesCutVertex,seeArticulationPointsCycle-Finding,143DataStructures,21DecisionTree,145Decomposition,197DepthFirstSearch,71DepthLimitedSearch,159,204Deque,26Dijkstra’s,91Dijkstra,EdsgerWybe,91,95DiophantusofAlexandria,132,141DirectAddressingTable,27DirectedAcyclicGraph,107CountingPathsin,108GeneralGraphtoDAG,109LongestPaths,108MinPathCover,116ShortestPaths,108DivideandConquer,47,148,195DivisorsNumberof,138Sumof,139DPonTree,110DynamicProgramming,55,108,160,205EditDistance,160EdmondsKarp’s,102Edmonds,JackR.,95,102EratosthenesofCyrene,132,133EuclidAlgorithm,135ExtendedEuclid,141EuclidofAlexandria,135,187Euler’sPhi,139Euler,Leonhard,132,139EulerianGraph,113,205EulerianGraphCheck,113PrintingEulerTour,114231 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 165 Context: # 5.10 Chapter Notes Compared to the first edition of this book, this chapter has grown twice the size. However, we are aware that there are still many more mathematics problems and algorithms that have been discussed in this chapter. Here, we will list some pointers to more related topics that you may be interested to explore further for reading number theory books, see [3], investigating mathematical topics in [http://projecteuler.net/](http://projecteuler.net/) [8]. - There are many more combinatorics problems and formulas that are not yet discussed: - Burnside's lemma - Cayley's Formula - Derangements - Stirling Numbers, etc. For a quicker and faster parameter testing function than the one presented here, see the non-deterministic Miller-Rabin's algorithm—which can be made deterministic for context with an exponential known maximum input size [2]. In this chapter, we have seen a quite effective classic method for finding roots: factorization of an algebraic and its virtual functions. For a faster integer factorization, one can use the Pollard's rho algorithm that uses another cycle detection algorithm called Brent's cycle finding method. However, if the integer to be factored is a prime number, then it is still slow. That is the key idea of modern cryptography techniques. There are other theorems, hypotheses, and conjectures that cannot be discussed here, e.g.: - Carmichael's function - Riemann's hypothesis - Goldbach's conjecture - Pólya's Little Theorem - Twin prime conjecture - Chinese Remainder Theorem - Sprague-Grundy Theorem, etc. To compute the solution of a system of linear equations, one can use techniques like Gaussian elimination. As you can see, there are many topics about mathematics. This is not surprising since various mathematical problems have been investigated by people since hundreds of years ago. Some of the results in this chapter may differ from each other as well, and yet only 1 or 2 will actually appear in a problem set. To dive into IPC, it is good to have at least one mathematician's mindset in your IPC team in order to have those 1 or 2 mathematics problems solved. Mathematics is proven to be a unique tool for constant factors. Although the amount of topics to be mastered is smaller, you could explore some of fundamental insights! There are 25% (4 to 0) others programming exercises discussed in this chapter. - (Only 175 in the first edition, a 67% increase). - There are 29 pages in this chapter. - (Only 17 in the first edition, a 17% increase). #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 169 Context: 6.3 Ad Hoc String Processing Problems ===================================== Next, we continue our discussion with something light: the Ad Hoc string processing problems. They are programming and problem-solving challenges that require you to solve base programming skills and perhaps some basic string processing skills discussed in Section 6.2 earlier. We give a list of such Ad Hoc string processing problems with hints. These programming exercises have been further divided into subtopics. ### Cipher/Encode/Encrypt/Decode/Decrypt It is everyone's wish that their private digital communications are secure. That is, their (digital) messages can only be read by the intended recipients. Many programmers have been invited to first understand and solve these programming challenges, and it is important to define the problem inputs and outputs clearly and code it. Below, we say a bit about Computer Security/Cryptography by solving the problems. ### Frequency Count In this group of problems, the contestants are asked to count the frequency of a letter (say, base Direct Addressing Table) or a word (handle, the solution is acting as a balanced Binary Search Tree – the C++ STL map or TreeMap – or Hash table). Some of these problems are actually related to Cryptography (the previous sub-category). ### Input Parsing This group of problems is best for I/O contestants as it enforces the input of I/O tasks to be formatted as simple as possible. However, there is such restriction in IPC. Parsing problem range from simple form that can be dealt with modified regex syntax. For C/C++ contests, a common parsing involves using grammars that require recursive descent parser or Java Parsers class (Regular Expressions). ### Output Formatting Another group of problems that is also for I/O contestants. This time, the output is the problematic part. In an IPC problem, doing your best can render a safe output for you - the contestants. Practice your coding skills by solving these problems as you perform. ### String Comparison In this group of problems, the contestants are asked to compare strings with various criteria. This similarity is similar to the string matching problems in the next section, but these problems may include specialized functions. ### Ad Hoc These are other Ad Hoc string related problems that cannot be (or have not been) classified as one of the other subcategories above. Programming Exercises related to Ad Hoc String Processing: - **Cipher/Encode/Encrypt/Decode/Decrypt** - **UVA 0124 - Passwords** (decrypt the message) - **UVA 0125 - Hajj** (count the given alphabet) - **UVA 0126 - String Suffix** (the base format for anything cyclic) - **UVA 0141 - The Doctor** (with each character's ASCII value +7) - **UVA 0146 - UVa-146 - The Simons** (factor every integer) *Reference texts should stay much more about (below Note: REMOVED).* *Some checking/formatting problems can be solved with more care than code such as Count() or replicate().* #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 11 Context: ixManypeoplemayfindthissomewhatexperimentalwaytointroducestudentstonewtopicscounter-productive.Undoubtedlyformanyitwillbe.Ifyoufeelunder-challengedandbecomeboredIrecommendyoumoveontothemoread-vancedtext-booksofwhichtherearemanyexcellentsamplesonthemarket(foralistsee(books)).ButIhopethatformostbeginningstudentsthisintuitivestyleofwritingmayhelptogainadeeperunderstandingoftheideasthatIwillpresentinthefollowing.Aboveall,havefun! #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 25 Context: # 1.2 TIPS TO BE COMPETITIVE © Steven & Felts A simple illustration is shown below (this is part of the solution for UVA problem 623: 580). Compute \(5!\) (factorial of 5). The answer is very large: 15,511,210,043,330,885,600,000. This is why beyond the usual built-in integer data type (and possible long data type in C/C++), you will need to utilize simple classes to handle support for BigInteger data structures in C++. Meanwhile, the Java code is simply this: ```java import java.math.BigInteger; import java.util.Scanner; class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { // standard Java class name in UVA OJ BigInteger fac = BigInteger.ONE; // () for (int i = 2; i <= 5; i++) { fac = fac.multiply(BigInteger.valueOf(i)); // <> } System.out.println(fac); } } ``` Another illustration to further demonstrate that mastering a programming language is important: Picture this that finds the last digit of an integer \(n\). Then, there are \(n\) bits that start with the character `0`, followed by an enumeration of digits (up to 100 digits), and finally terminated with three dots... See the example below. ``` 3. 3277. 0. 5718713. 0.740321123344439329893299377... ``` One solution is as follows: ```c #include using namespace std; char x[110]; // using global variables in contests can be a good strategy // make it a habit to set array size slightly larger than needed int main() { scanf("%d", &n); while (n--) { // we simply loop from M, M-1, M-2, ... scanf("%s", x); // if you are surprised with this line, } printf("The digits are: %s\n", x); // check contact details in www.cplusplus.com return 0; } ``` **Example codes:** `ch1.0_factorial.java`, `ch1.2_scanf.cpp` Not many C/C++ programmers are aware of the tricks above. Although `scanf`/`printf` are C-style I/O routines, they can also be used in a C++ code. Many C++ programmers find themselves to be puzzled with strings, especially IPCs, codes should be your benchmark at all. In case, you're planning to use an ASCII approach, that will push the given limit, you are supposed to be more careful since before you can find a ton of code to solve, you must take time to understand your programming language's depth! Mastery of programming languages routines will help you a lot in programming contests. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 229 Context: # Appendix A ## Hints/Brief Solutions In this appendix, you will see the hints or brief solutions for many—but not all—mini exercises in this book. Please refrain from looking at the solutions unless necessary. ## Chapter 1 ### Exercise 1.2.1: The complete Table A.1 is shown below. | UVA | Title | Problem Type | Hint | |-------|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------| | 10034 | Raid Attack | Complete Search or Dynamic Programming | Section 3.2 or 3.5 | | 10334 | Lazy Caterer | Divide & Conquer (Brute Force) | Section 3.1 | | 11292 | Dragon of Lorestone | Greedy (Non Classical) | Section 3.4 | | 11511 | Wedding Shopping | DP (Non Classical) | Section 3.5 | | 11512 | Boring Book | Graph Decomposition (Dijkstra's & BFS) | Section 6.2 | | 11505 | Angry Programmer | Graph (Cut & Mark) | Section 4.1 | | 12177 | Mysterious Numbers | Decompositions: Complete Search & Math | Section 6.6 | | 11714 | GATTACA | String (Suffix Array, LCP, KMP) | Section 6.2 | | 10065 | Incisive Titles | Geometry (Convex Hull - Area of Polygon) | Section 6.7 | **Table A.1: Exercise: Classify These UVA Problems** ### Exercise 1.2.2: The answers are: 1. (a) Use priority queue data structure (heap) (Section 2.2). 2. (b) If it is static: (i) Simple Array that is pre-processed with Dynamic Programming (Section 2.2.1 & 15). If dynamic: then (ii) Revise Tree is a better answer (select to implement than Segment Tree). 3. (a) Yes, such complete search is possible (Section 2.3). 4. (d) Dynamic Programming (Sections 5.3, 4.2, 6.7). 5. (a) See the references (Section 5.5). 6. (b) The three apps about can work well. Use KMP or Suffix Array (Section 6.4 & 6.6)! 7. (b) Find the answer for simple stuff: Find the Course Hull of the points in O(n log n) (Section 7.3). Let the number of points in CH(P) = S, H = C * N. Then, find two functions on related to the answer for same points in the CH(P) in O(CH). #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 23 Context: Chapter3LearningThischapteriswithoutquestionthemostimportantoneofthebook.Itconcernsthecore,almostphilosophicalquestionofwhatlearningreallyis(andwhatitisnot).Ifyouwanttorememberonethingfromthisbookyouwillfindithereinthischapter.Ok,let’sstartwithanexample.Alicehasaratherstrangeailment.Sheisnotabletorecognizeobjectsbytheirvisualappearance.Atherhomesheisdoingjustfine:hermotherexplainedAliceforeveryobjectinherhousewhatisisandhowyouuseit.Whensheishome,sherecognizestheseobjects(iftheyhavenotbeenmovedtoomuch),butwhensheentersanewenvironmentsheislost.Forexample,ifsheentersanewmeetingroomsheneedsalongtimetoinferwhatthechairsandthetableareintheroom.Shehasbeendiagnosedwithaseverecaseof”overfitting”.WhatisthematterwithAlice?Nothingiswrongwithhermemorybecausesherememberstheobjectsonceshehasseemthem.Infact,shehasafantasticmemory.Sherememberseverydetailoftheobjectsshehasseen.Andeverytimesheseesanewobjectsshereasonsthattheobjectinfrontofherissurelynotachairbecauseitdoesn’thaveallthefeaturesshehasseeninear-lierchairs.TheproblemisthatAlicecannotgeneralizetheinformationshehasobservedfromoneinstanceofavisualobjectcategorytoother,yetunobservedmembersofthesamecategory.ThefactthatAlice’sdiseaseissorareisunder-standabletheremusthavebeenastrongselectionpressureagainstthisdisease.Imagineourancestorswalkingthroughthesavannaonemillionyearsago.Alionappearsonthescene.AncestralAlicehasseenlionsbefore,butnotthisparticularoneanditdoesnotinduceafearresponse.Ofcourse,shehasnotimetoinferthepossibilitythatthisanimalmaybedangerouslogically.Alice’scontemporariesnoticedthattheanimalwasyellow-brown,hadmanesetc.andimmediatelyun-11 #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 12 Context: xLEARNINGANDINTUITION #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 33 Context: # 1.3 GETTING STARTED - THE AD HOC PROBLEMS © Steven R. Felts 1. **UVA 10937 - X & Y** (see Java GeometricCalendar; similar to UVA 11385) 2. **UVA 10070 - Leap Year or Not Leap Year** (more than just ordinary leap years) 3. **UVA 11377 - Dice Throw** (similar to the problem of distributing) 4. **UVA 11378 - The Dealer's Wife** (multiple deck system constraint) 5. **UVA 11926 - How old are you?** (be careful with boundary cases) 6. **UVA 11679 - Mutant Cactus** (same as Java GeometricCalendar) 7. **UVA 11670 - Mirror Clock** (great small examples required) 8. **UVA 11674 - Alarm Clock** (similar ideas with UVA 11670) 9. **UVA 11547 - Cancers or Sclerosis** (exactly the same as Java GeometricCalendar) 10. **UVA 11919 - Doesn't Day Algorithm (Java Geometric Calendar; get DAY-OF-WEEK)** ## Just Add 1. **UVA 001 - The Blocks Problem** (simulation) 2. **UVA 0011 - Simultaneous Warriors** (simulation) 3. **UVA 012 - The Game Givers** (simulate give and receive process) 4. **UVA 021 - Pipe Pitfall** (value) 5. **UVA 025 - The Sudoku Game** (battling) 6. **UVA 044 - Standard Game** (simulation) 7. **UVA 049 - Processing MK Results** (simulation) 8. **UVA 052 - Engineering Control (simulate engineering)** 9. **UVA 059 - Favorite Walking (D)** (simulation) 10. **UVA 063 - Multiple Solutions (simulation)** 11. **UVA 071 - The Shortest Path Problem (simulation)** 12. **UVA 076 - The Mento** (simulation) 13. **UVA 081 - The Wizard of Oz** (but hard) 14. **UVA 086 - Summer Salads** (also hard) 15. **UVA 094 - The Another Knight** (but hard) 16. **UVA 101 - The Blocks** (simulation) 17. **UVA 103 - The Farmer's Game** (simulation) 18. **UVA 109 - Unix Enterprise Model** (not hard; find the pattern) 19. **UVA 116 - Transporter Roll** (simulation) 20. **UVA 1201 - Existence of Steady State** (simulation; can be solved with non-linear cases) 21. **UVA 1300 - K-Combination** (simulation) 22. **UVA 1301 - Maximal Subsequence** (hard) 23. **UVA 1302 - Shuffled Strings** (simulation) 24. **UVA 1304 - Maximum Bread** (could be solved with linear case) 25. **UVA 1308 - Costly Plugin** (but hard) 26. **UVA 1312 - Big Trees** (but hard) 27. **UVA 1321 - Annual Algo** (simulation) 28. **UVA 1322 - A Friend in Need** (simulation) 29. **UVA 1332 - Minors** (simulation; also hard) 30. **UVA 1341 - Bigger Salaries** (simulation; but hard) 31. **UVA 1342 - Largest Little Brother** (simulation) 32. **UVA 1347 - Bartle B. Rodriguez Problem** (simulation) #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 6 Context: sinthefieldofmachinetranslation,notbecauseanewmodelwasinventedbutbecausemanymoretranslateddocumentsbecameavailable.Thefieldofmachinelearningismultifacetedandexpandingfast.Tosampleafewsub-disciplines:statisticallearning,kernelmethods,graphicalmodels,ar-tificialneuralnetworks,fuzzylogic,Bayesianmethodsandsoon.Thefieldalsocoversmanytypesoflearningproblems,suchassupervisedlearning,unsuper-visedlearning,semi-supervisedlearning,activelearning,reinforcementlearningetc.Iwillonlycoverthemostbasicapproachesinthisbookfromahighlyper- #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 60 Context: ```markdown ## 3.2 COMPLETE SEARCH Browse the Internet or reference books (e.g., [41]) to find more information on how to speed up your code. Practice this code-basing skill by choosing a harder problem in UVA online judge where the native run-time is about 0.00s. Submit several variants of your Accepted solution and track the runtime differences. Adopt hacking modifications that give you faster runtime. ### Tip 7: Use Better Data Structures & Algorithms :) No kidding. Using better data structures and algorithms always outperforms any optimization tips mentioned in Tips 1-6 above. If all else fails, abandon Complete Search anyway. ### Remarks About Complete Search in Programming Contests If a problem is declared to be solvable by Complete Search, it will often be due to its iterative or recursive backtracking approach. Iterative approaches are used when one can traverse the different states easily without committing to a certain outcome and all states can be checked, e.g., casting all possible outcomes of a small set. Recursive Backtracking is used when one cannot easily traverse all states or if one wants to prune the search space, e.g., the 0-1 knapsack problem. Another thing to note is that because of the pruning that is done when Complete Search is large, the recursive backtracking that takes place may not yield the final answer in particular scenarios. The best way to improve your Complete Search skills is to solve many problems solvable with Complete Search. We have categorized a list of such problems into four sub-categories below. Please attempt as many as possible, especially those that are highlighted as **must try**. ### Programming Examples Evaluating Using Complete Search: 1. **Iterative:** [The Easy Ones] - UVA 101: Ecological Bin Packing (try all possible combinations) - UVA 100: The Sieve Problem (brute force) - UVA 109: The Greatest Product (brute force) - UVA 105: The Skyline Problem (brute map) - UVA 106: Lance Armstrong (try all combinations) 2. **Recursive:** [Basic Problems] - UVA 101: Perfect Cubes (try all) - UVA 105: Permutations (try all) - UVA 103: The Mice and the Cheese (recursive backtracking) - UVA 102: The All-Powerful Numbers (brute force) - UVA 106: The 0/1 Knapsack Problem 3. **More Complex:** [Squared Problems] - UVA 107: The Permutation Problem (brute force) - UVA 108: Inserting (the basic Nqueen solution) - UVA 100: All but two (the 0/1 pairing) 4. **Advanced:** [Large Constraints] - UVA 110: The Winds of Change (brute force retry) - UVA 112: Block and Queue (can be solved using partial id's) - UVA 114: Block Sum (2D sublists) - UVA 116: Zero Equality (try find and return to 0) ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 4 Context: # CONTENTS © Steven & Felix ## 7 2D Objects ### 7.1 2D Objects: Circles ........................................... 181 ### 7.2 2D Objects: Triangles ......................................... 183 ### 7.3 2D Objects: Quadrilaterals .................................... 185 ### 7.4 2D Objects: Spheres ........................................... 187 ### 7.5 2D Objects: Others ............................................ 187 ### 7.6 Polygons with Extra Properties ............................... 188 #### 7.6.1 Polygon Representation .................................. 188 #### 7.6.2 Parameter of a Polygon .................................. 189 #### 7.6.3 Area of a Polygon .......................................... 189 #### 7.6.4 Checking if a Point is Inside a Polygon ............ 190 #### 7.6.5 Cultivating a Polygon with a Straight Line .......... 190 #### 7.6.6 Finding the Convex Hull of a Set of Points ........ 191 #### 7.7 Divide and Conquer Revisited ............................. 192 ### 7.5 Chapter Notes .................................................... 192 ## 8 More Advanced Topics ### 8.1 Overview and Motivation ....................................... 197 ### 8.2 Problem Decomposition #### 8.2.1 Two Components: Binary Search the Answer and Other ... 197 #### 8.2.2 Two Components: SSSP and DP .......................... 198 #### 8.2.3 Two Components: Involving Graphs ..................... 199 #### 8.2.4 Two Components: Involving Mathematics ............. 199 #### 8.2.5 Three Components: Prune Factors, DP, Binary Search . 199 #### 8.2.6 Three Components: Complete Search, Binary Search, Greedy . 200 ### 8.3 More Advanced Search Techniques .......................... 203 #### 8.3.1 Informed Search A* ........................................ 203 #### 8.3.2 Depth Limited Search ....................................... 204 #### 8.3.3 Iterative Deepening A* (IDA*) .......................... 205 ### 8.4 Advanced Dynamic Programming Techniques .............. 207 #### 8.4.1 Emerging Technique: DP + Instruction ................. 207 #### 8.4.2 Classic Framework for Dynamic Programming .......... 208 #### 8.4.3 Theorem/Rule/Recipe/Superposition Problem .......... 209 #### 8.4.4 MILE/FILE: Better Size Representation! .................. 210 #### 8.4.5 Multiply Your Ops Per Parameter, Recursion! from Others! . 211 #### 8.4.6 Your Parameter Values Go Negative? Use Offset Technique . 212 ### 8.5 Chapter Notes .................................................... 213 ## A Hints/Brief Solutions ......................................... 225 ## B stunts ............................................................... 227 ## C Credits ............................................................ 227 ## D Plan for the Third Edition .................................... 228 Bibliography ............................................................... 229 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 32 Context: # 1.3 GETTING STARTED: THE AD HOC PROBLEMS © Steven & Felts 1. UVA 10439 - **Del Game** (just simulate the dice movement) 2. UVA 10467 - **Rock, Scissors, Paper** (D array manipulation) 3. UVA 11399 - **Generating Game** (not the D array) 4. UVA 10905 - **Toy Train** (solution handbook) 5. UVA 10967 - **Roman Roulette** (brute force, similar to UVA 136) 6. UVA 11302 - **The Door Game** (brute force, similar to UVA 440) 7. UVA 10931 - **Power Crisis** (brute force, similar to UVA 640) 8. UVA 10657 - **Joseph** (note that answers can be pre-calculated) 9. UVA 10815 - **Many Many Moves** (brute force, similar to UVA 151) 10. UVA 10105 - **Joseph's Cousin** (modified Josephus problem, variant of UVA 305) ## Palindrome / Anagrams 1. UVA 10003 - **Anagram Checker** (uses backtracking) 2. UVA 10656 - **Anagram** (notice with algorithm: sort) 3. UVA 10927 - **Anagram II** (notice that algorithm: reinterpretation) 4. UVA 10032 - **Palindromes** (brute force all substrings) 5. UVA 10051 - **Palindromic (using palindromes check)** 6. UVA 10604 - **Anagrams III** (at last, palindrome check) 7. UVA 10413 - **Generic Palindrome** (set—the same as UVA 1095) 8. UVA 11812 - **Magic Square Palindrome** (not just a word, but a matrix) 9. UVA 11237 - **Counting Chicks** (palindrome check) ## Interval Scheduling / Graphs 1. UVA 10658 - **Traffic Lights** (* you can solve this problem very fast in the real) 2. UVA 10420 - **Getting Cultural** (read, multiply, rename) 3. UVA 11804 - **Traffic Light** (and a similar problem about UNIX syntax) 4. UVA 10814 - **Cops & Robbers** (* humble control for two or more connections) 5. UVA 10153 - **Booklet Printing** (application in printer management) 6. UVA 11052 - **The Case of the 128 Spread** (could be variable creation) 7. UVA 10950 - **Text Editor** (the subject is right up for you) 8. UVA 11743 - **Digital Signal Processing** (parallel reading can be good) 9. UVA 11258 - **Handy Cost** (the variable can even be initialized beforehand) 10. UVA 11837 - **Calculating Easy Symmetry** (counting items every day) ## Time 1. UVA 10170 - **Clock Pattern** (brute force, time) 2. UVA 11361 - **Time Calculator** (add, but, time) 3. UVA 10079 - **Clock Hands** (add, but, time) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 14 Context: ListofTables1NotinIOISyllabus[10]Yet................................vii2LessonPlan.........................................vii1.1RecentACMICPCAsiaRegionalProblemTypes...................41.2Exercise:ClassifyTheseUVaProblems.........................51.3ProblemTypes(CompactForm).............................51.4RuleofThumbforthe‘WorstACAlgorithm’forvariousinputsizen........62.1ExampleofaCumulativeFrequencyTable........................353.1RunningBisectionMethodontheExampleFunction..................483.2DPDecisionTable.....................................603.3UVa108-MaximumSum.................................624.1GraphTraversalAlgorithmDecisionTable........................824.2FloydWarshall’sDPTable................................984.3SSSP/APSPAlgorithmDecisionTable..........................1005.1Part1:Findingkλ,f(x)=(7x+5)%12,x0=4.....................1435.2Part2:Findingμ......................................1445.3Part3:Findingλ......................................1446.1Left/Right:Before/AfterSorting;k=1;InitialSortedOrderAppears........1676.2Left/Right:Before/AfterSorting;k=2;‘GATAGACA’and‘GACA’areSwapped...1686.3BeforeandAftersorting;k=4;NoChange.......................1686.4StringMatchingusingSuffixArray............................1716.5ComputingtheLongestCommonPrefix(LCP)giventheSAofT=‘GATAGACA’..172A.1Exercise:ClassifyTheseUVaProblems.........................213xiv #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 59 Context: # 3.2 COMPLETE SEARCH **© Steven & Felix** This tip is best shown using an example: UVA 10308 - Rat Attack. Imagine a 2D array (up to 1024 x 1024) containing rats. There are S=20000 rats on arrival, determine which cell (x, y) that should be guaranteed such that the number of rats killed is maximized. The value of S is the number of rats spawned (S=20000). The first step is to update this problem formally. By bombarding each of the 1024 cells and seeing which one is the most effective, the sub-problem involves deciding the number of rats killed within the squares surrounding rats. The result of these calculations is T[1]. The second option to attack this problem backward: Create an array that is initialized to (1024). For each rat populating the numbers (r_x, r_y) for all (x, y) within the square containing the rats (i.e., p_x = r_x - d, ..., q_y = r_y + d). This is where the maximum rats killed off a bomb is placed in coordinate (x, y). This processing takes O(N^2) operations. Then, determine the total number of rats remaining, which can be done in log^2 operations. This backward approach only requires O(20000 * 1024 = 5120) iterations for the worst-case (i.e., T[1]). ![Figure 2: UVA 10308](https://example.com/image) ## Tip 6: Optimizing Your Source Code There are many tricks that can serve to optimize your code. Understanding computer hardware, especially I/O, memory, and cache behavior, can help you design a better program. Some examples: 1. Use the faster C-style `printf` rather than `cin`. For Java, use `BufferedReader` instead of `Scanner`. However, preference should be given to more flexible alternatives that include `std::cin` and `printf()` functions. 2. Avoid the `O(n^2)` by utilizing the cache-friendly QuickSort algorithm: a sort based on insertion rather than the typical bubble sort because it’s often the optimal way to sort data in memory. 3. Access a 2D array in a row major fashion (row by row) rather than column by column. 4. Bit manipulation is often more efficient than floating-point calculations (see the highlighted text of Book in Section 2.21). If we proceed from the indices, best to use `C++` STL rather than lists. 5. Use `new` to allocate memory in a larger array if using C++. For example, the array with size 32 can be modified with a fixed pointer, which ensures it equals the maximum size instead of using resizable space like 32-bit integers. 6. In C++, prefer using structures over multiple functions when managing data. 7. For C#, the `String` and `Cyclic character array` is faster than using C++ STL strings. Be mindful however that String manipulation in Java String objects has limitations. Optimize wherever possible. 8. For Java users, prefer `ArrayList` rather than `Vector`. Java `Vector` is thread-safe but this is not used in competitive programming. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 84 Context: # 3.5 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ## Remarks About Dynamic Programming in Programming Contests There are other classical DP problems that we choose not to cover in this book as they are very rare such as Matrix Chain Multiplication [1], Optimal Binary Search Trees [2], etc. However, we will discuss Floyd-Warshall’s Algorithm in Section 4.5 and discuss String Alignment (Edit Distance), Longest Common Subsequence (LCS), DP on Trees in Chapter 6. In the panel (1996), if a contestant is good with DP, he can become a king of programming contests! You don’t need to be in programming contests without this knowledge. However, we need to remember that the problem is not so much how to work DP, but to figure out a suitable structure of the data to “trick” the body to be able to solve this problem in states (the idea that one may not obviously represent sub-problems and how to fill them in efficiently). There is no formula; we must realize that problems such as polynomial algorithms rather than solving real problems. Thus, we provide some real examples. These may use familiar concepts from the previous chapter, and we review some forms of DP problems that have been apparent in recent programming contests. Some of them are discussed in Section 8.4. ## Programming Exercises for Solving Basic Dynamic Programming Problems 1. **Longest Increasing Subsequence (LIS)** - UVA 001 - Listing Contest (straight-forward, be careful of the ranking system) - UVA 001 - Testing the Coder (straight-forward) - UVA 007 - What Goals? [3] - UVA 010 - Strategic Defense Initiative (solutions can be modeled as LIS) - UVA 011 - Bag of Gold (technically boils down to a linear weighted) - UVA 015 - Matrix [4] - UVA 034 - The Game with Numbers (similar to LIS in weight) 2. **UVA 020 - Maximum Sum = (max 2D sum, classical LIS approach)** - UVA 002 - 3176 Problems (max 1D sum/max conservative subsequence) - UVA 017 - Maximum Subsequence (exact 1D max, careful with D, Bellman) - UVA 016 - Maximum Subsequence (similar to '0' before max 2D sum) - UVA 019 - Labeled Suffix array (K-th, prefix) 3. **UVA 018 - Lattice Paths (equal)** - UVA 004 - The Last Block (max 2D sum) - UVA 071 - The Last Block - UVA 058 - Multiple Instances (1D array max, conservative subproblems) 4. **UVA 015 - The Last Moment** - UVA 096 - Driving Club (same as insertion) - UVA 095 - Making Fibonacci (equal in the series) - UVA 048 - The Ring (equal in the series) - UVA 106 - Unusual Coinage (DP, special subsetting) 5. **UVA 112 - Sums of Different Primes [5]** - UVA 101 - Knapsack problem (0-1 knapsack with 'recur call' type) - UVA 052 - Knapsack (bounded problem) - UVA 091 - Pseudo Sums (equal in the problem) **References:** - [1] Cormen, et al., Introduction to Algorithms, 3rd Ed., MIT Press. - [2] Knuth, D. E., The Art of Computer Programming, Vol. 3: Sorting and Searching. - [3] Cormen, et al., Introduction to Algorithms, Section 4.4.5, p. 312. - [4] Paul E. Black, Encyclopedia of Algorithms. - [5] Odd and Even Numbers, may refer to knapsack problems. --- *Note: id, max sub could be handle sensitive weaknesses, see Section 4.4.5, p. plus or minus.* #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 139 Context: # 5.2 AD HOC MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS © Steven & Felix ## Mathematical Simulations (Bruce-Bens) 1. UVA 10010 - The 1s & 0s Problem (just follow the description, note that j can be ≤ c) 2. UVA 10007 - Arithematic Parabolas (similar to UVA 100) 3. UVA 10179 - Proficiency in Division 4. UVA 10616 - Consecutive Factors, Revisited (traverse from top to √n find the pattern) 5. UVA 10679 - Strings (you can use efficient processing formula) 6. UVA 10698 - Rainsford's Nightmare (limit found = l, compare it exactly with l * c) 7. UVA 10671 - Pedestrian Samples (minimizing the number of emergency operators) 8. UVA 11377 - Aboreal Average (complex average, consider how rare your observation) 9. UVA 11380 - Ceiling Function (similar to UVA 10368) 10. UVA 11387 - Room Size (natural l & b for the score and therefore to be safe) 11. UVA 11381 - Silken Square Similar (similar to UVA 10364) 12. UVA 11382 - Critic Response (same goal but different technique) 13. UVA 11379 - Mixing up the Airport (inputs, let’s choose the smaller one!) 14. UVA 11390 - Batting Numbers (guarantees numbers, visibility check, etc.) 15. UVA 11391 - Processing Human, Cleanliness 16. UVA 11394 - Life, the Universe, and Everything (input constraints) ## Plotting Patterns in Functions 1. UVA 10946 - Seams and Involved Numerics (derive the short formula) 2. UVA 10121 - Simple algebrics (derive the required formula) 3. UVA 10134 - Arcpyra and the Murmuration (paths yield to the required synthesis) 4. UVA 10937 - The Next and Third Count (minimum count if it has 8 digits) 5. UVA 10939 - Jointly Necessary Fungi (gather the other representation of X) 6. UVA 10947 - R U Kidding Me? (routes are by two distinct edges) 7. UVA 11089 - The Inevitable Additional (next solution) 8. UVA 11020 - The [specific direct effect](link) (prompt the twice my time) 9. UVA 11990 - The Chocolate Box (brisk states, or use PDF) 10. UVA 11305 - Satisfy This (currently under adjustments) 11. UVA 11650 - The Halfboard Golf (traverse two ranks) 12. UVA 11318 - Radical Value Clustering 13. UVA 11234 - Plan and Write Planning (follow the pattern; get Q, O) 14. UVA 11322 - Clocking Solutions as Functions ## Grid 1. UVA 20054 - Countin' Counter - (small grid patterns) 2. UVA 20063 - Bee Breeding (math grid, similar to UVA 10129) 3. UVA 20076 - Value Decomposition (math grid, similar to UVA 10468) 4. UVA 20077 - Bee Magic (math grid) 5. UVA 20082 - Plan on a Chessboard (restrict trade) 6. UVA 20162 - Can You Solve It? (the answer is UVA 204) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 37 Context: # Chapter 2 ## Data Structures and Libraries > If I have seen further it is only by standing on the shoulders of giants. > —Isaac Newton ### 2.1 Overview and Motivation Data structure is a way to store and organize data in order to support efficient insertions, searches, deletions, queries, and/or updates. Although a data structure by itself does not solve the given programming problem (the algorithm operating on it does), using the most efficient data structure for the given problem can make the difference between posing or conquering the problem's time limit. There can be many ways to configure the same data and sometimes one way is better than the other for a different context, as you will see in the discussion below. Particularly with the data structures and libraries discussed in this chapter, it is a must in order to understand the material that you learn in subsequent classes. As stated in the preface of this book, we assume that you are familiar with the basic data structures listed in Section 2.2, and thus do not revisit them again in this book. We highlight that in the actual C++ STL (Standard Template Library) there are many different data structures and algorithms that allow you to perform various actions. If you find that you are not sure with any of the terms or data structures mentioned in Section 2.2, please begin reading this book, quickly explore and learn data structures outlined in reference books, etc. and you will soon get the basis for understanding the next term in the sequence. Note that for competitive programming, you just have to be able to use the correct data structure to solve the given contest problem. You just have to know the strengths, weaknesses, and principal operations of each of the data structures. Unfortunately, you would want to memorize the names of the data structures, but this can be skipped. This is not a good practice but it works. For example, many (young) contestants may have used the "official C++ STL" tag in the use Template for some dynamic collection of key-data pairs without understanding what the underlying data structure is. This chapter is divided into two parts: Sections 2.2 and 2.3 explain data structures in this context and we see in Section 2.4 some data structures that do not belong to the STL, like basic operator arrays and those more complex links. The discussion of each data structure in this chapter will conclude with C++ (and sometimes other) code snippets. As you read these sections, be sure to follow along with the examples because examples will look very similar in both C++ and Java. The course notes available in the references at the end of this chapter are intended for use as a lab reference. [Download notes from here](https://sites.google.com/site/stevenashlan/home/material) In the second edition of this book, we strive to visit and compile codes from C++'s perspective. However, the Java version of the text can be easy to read in the supporting sections of the "data structures" course in CS curriculum. High school students who are eager to get a taste of data structures and algorithms seem to be motivated to learn material. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 190 Context: # 6.7 Chapter Notes The material about String Alignment (Edit Distance), Longest Common Subsequence, Suffix Trees, and Suffix Arrays are originally from A/P Sung Wun Kin, Ken [36], School of Computing, National University of Singapore. The material from A/P Ken's lecture notes have since evolved from those incremental slides into the current open-source programming [1]. The section about basic string processing skills (Section 6.2) and the KMP string processing problem are born from our experience with string-related problems and techniques. The number of programming exercises presented here is about three quarters of all string processing problems discussed this chapter. We are aware that these are not the typical ICPC problems, but due to some personal requests, we have decided to include a section on the String Matching problem (Section 6.4). We discussed the implementation of the Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) algorithm. The KMP implementation will be useful for you here to modify basic string matching routines if you still need fast performance. We believe KMP is fast enough to justify the effort, since finding a string for pattern matching wouldn't require a large string for speed testing. **C/ C++ String and Java String Index:** In the event that finding matching algorithms are introduced, consider the following simple and more expressive syntax, as shown in a few examples presented in Section 6.5. There are several interesting exercises that discuss the variations of these two problems. The practical implementation of the Suffix Array (Section 6.6) is inspired mainly from the article “Suffix arrays— a programming construct approach” by [6]. We have integrated an additional symmetrical perspective which was left out of writing Suffix Array implementations, compared with those in the first edition. It is a good note to remember that exercises listed in that section although they are not that many. This is an important remark that you will not find on other books. These exercises can be found in Chapter 5 as well. Similar exercises can be found in Chapter 3, but these are beyond simple string processing problems. Additionally, the Shortest Common Superstring Problem, Burrows-Wheeler Transformation Algorithm, Suffix Automaton, and RADIX (more efficient Trie data structure), etc. There are 117 UML ( + 12 others) programming exercises discussed in this chapter. - **(only 14 in the first edition, a 18% increase).** - There are 24 pages in this chapter. - **(only 10 in the first edition, a 19% increase).** #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 14 Context: 2CHAPTER1.DATAANDINFORMATIONInterpretation:Hereweseektoanswerquestionsaboutthedata.Forinstance,whatpropertyofthisdrugwasresponsibleforitshighsuccess-rate?Doesasecu-rityofficerattheairportapplyracialprofilingindecidingwho’sluggagetocheck?Howmanynaturalgroupsarethereinthedata?Compression:Hereweareinterestedincompressingtheoriginaldata,a.k.a.thenumberofbitsneededtorepresentit.Forinstance,filesinyourcomputercanbe“zipped”toamuchsmallersizebyremovingmuchoftheredundancyinthosefiles.Also,JPEGandGIF(amongothers)arecompressedrepresentationsoftheoriginalpixel-map.Alloftheaboveobjectivesdependonthefactthatthereisstructureinthedata.Ifdataiscompletelyrandomthereisnothingtopredict,nothingtointerpretandnothingtocompress.Hence,alltasksaresomehowrelatedtodiscoveringorleveragingthisstructure.Onecouldsaythatdataishighlyredundantandthatthisredundancyisexactlywhatmakesitinteresting.Taketheexampleofnatu-ralimages.Ifyouarerequiredtopredictthecolorofthepixelsneighboringtosomerandompixelinanimage,youwouldbeabletodoaprettygoodjob(forinstance20%maybeblueskyandpredictingtheneighborsofablueskypixeliseasy).Also,ifwewouldgenerateimagesatrandomtheywouldnotlooklikenaturalscenesatall.Forone,itwouldn’tcontainobjects.Onlyatinyfractionofallpossibleimageslooks“natural”andsothespaceofnaturalimagesishighlystructured.Thus,alloftheseconceptsareintimatelyrelated:structure,redundancy,pre-dictability,regularity,interpretability,compressibility.Theyrefertothe“food”formachinelearning,withoutstructurethereisnothingtolearn.Thesamethingistrueforhumanlearning.Fromthedaywearebornwestartnoticingthatthereisstructureinthisworld.Oursurvivaldependsondiscoveringandrecordingthisstructure.IfIwalkintothisbrowncylinderwithagreencanopyIsuddenlystop,itwon’tgiveway.Infact,itdamagesmybody.Perhapsthisholdsforalltheseobjects.WhenIcrymymothersuddenlyappears.Ourgameistopredictthefutureaccurately,andwepredictitbylearningitsstructure.1.1DataRepresentationWhatdoes“data”looklike?Inotherwords,whatdowedownloadintoourcom-puter?Datacomesinmany #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 171 Context: # 6.3 AD HOC STRING PROCESSING PROBLEMS © Steven & Felix ## Problem Statements 1. UVA 11196 - **Mimic Function** (restrict size, simple/indirect recursion from a fan, pol) 2. UVA 11828 - **Permutation Checker** (simple mathematical expressions parsing) 3. UVA 10106 - **Multiply Strings** (direct manipulation, output formatting) 4. UVA 10429 - **Mareck’s Maze** (similarity, output formatting) 5. UVA 10646 - **The Big Word** (easy string manipulation, output formatting) 6. UVA 10141 - **Zebra Crossing** (careful manipulation with input) 7. UVA 10944 - **A Non-Existent Graph** (complex output formatting problem) 8. UVA 10038 - **String Finding** (linear scan can solve this ‘easy’ problem) ### String Comparisons 1. UVA 604 - **Excess, Errors** (disable notations; use “as well as” in every word) 2. UVA 604 - **Immediate Duplicability** (is a special case for automatic best-known) 3. UVA 603 - **Spell Checker** (correcting misspelled words) 4. UVA 12637 - **Automatic Correction** (utilizes existing machine learning techniques) 5. UVA 10140 - **Locating a Prefix** (and requires case-insensitive string comparisons) 6. UVA 11234 - **Did You Mean?** (autocomplete system comparison) 7. UVA 11375 - **Big Number of Digits** (limited syntactic comparison) ### Just for Fun! 1. UVA 10216 - **Permute** (limit formatting to the first, similar to UVA 941) 2. UVA 11845 - **Numbers** (find solutions for digits, convert to integer, direct simulation) 3. UVA 11563 - **Interval** (list structure; range is not to be data vector) 4. UVA 10161 - **Permutation** (limit format along the path to a permutation of existing) 5. UVA 11330 - **Medical Dictionary** (table description) 6. UVA 11128 - **Three-One-More-Handled Types** (tips for the problem in description) 7. UVA 12654 - **Look-Up Tables** (use b-trees for new dimensions) 8. UVA 12630 - **I Love Strings** (take with care, checking if z # of b is AC) 9. UVA 11813 - **Difficult Problem** (list for solving problem), essential input, BF 10. UVA 11329 - **Decimal Range** (limit count to 2–3 landmarks) 11. UVA 11139 - **Digital Range** (find similar to UVA 941; for n) 12. UVA 583 - **Partial Fractions** (find where equations) 13. UVA 12470 - **Arc and String** (linked) 14. UVA 239 - **Gnome’s Grammar** (Bash to A) Although the problems listed in this section constitute 77% of the problems listed in this chapter, we have to note that real algorithmic problems in ACM ICP (and IOI) usually do not just have simple solutions; there must be an elaborated proof for the “greedy” problem that matches teams (contestants) that could be solved in the next few examples. We will return to string matching problems (Section 6.4) shortly while proposing richer structures for dynamic programming (DP) (Section 6.5). Discussion will arise for solving efficient string processing problems where we have the Suffix Tree, Suffix Array, and more. We discuss these data structures and several specialized algorithms using these data structures in Section 6.6. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 58 Context: # 3.2 COMPLETE SEARCH ## Steven & Felix You may want to tweak the "critical code" of your program first instead of painfully reducing the problem with a faster algorithm—which may not be trivial to design. Here are some tips that you may want to consider when designing your solution, especially a Complete Search solution, to give it a better chance of passing the Time Limit. ### Tip 1: Filtering versus Generating Programs that require lists of all candidate solutions and choose those that are correct (or remove the incorrect ones) are called "filters," e.g., the n-queens solver with O(N^2) time complexity and the drastic overhead to the TSP. Lists and filters programs are often very inefficient. Programs that typically build the solutions and immediately prune invalid partial solutions are called "generators," e.g., the improved n-queens solver with O(N) complexity plus diagonal checks. Usually, "generating" syntax is more restrictive. Generally, filters are easier to code but less clever. Do the math to see if a filter is good enough or if you need to create a generator. ### Tip 2: Prune Infeasible Search Space Early In generating solutions using recursive backtracking (see tip 1 above), we may encounter a partial solution that will never lead to a full solution. We can prune the search tree and explore other parts of the search space. For example, see the diagonal check in n-queens solvers. Suppose we have planned a queen at row 1, column 2—placing another queen at row 2, column 3 = 2 + 3 - 1 = 4, will conflict. If we continue placing another queen at row 2, we will cause a conflict. Combining this, partial solutions that never lead to a valid solution. Thus, we can prune the search space at this junction, constructing only valid positions of row[2] = {4, 5, 6, 7, 8} and so on. ### Tip 3: Utilize Symmetries Some problems have symmetries and we should try to exploit symmetries to reduce execution time! In the n-queens problem, there are 92 solutions that are only 12 unique (or fundamental) solutions, these are the solutions that are rotational and are unique transforms. In this problem, you can avoid generating more than the 12 unique solutions. Example: for N = 8, | Solution | Row | |----------|-----| | 1 | {7, 3, 1, 6, 2, 4, 8, 5} | | 2 | {7, 3, 1, 8, 5, 2, 4, 6} | is the abbreviated reflection of the last unique example. ### Tip 4: Pre-Calculation aka, Pre-Calculation Sometimes it is helpful to leverage other data structures that enable the fastest possible solution with minimal change to the structure of the program itself. This could be Pre-computation, which has its own memory space for time. However, this technique can be hard to manage because programming syntax is complex. If you are generating during the process, see the example above; since there can be very large N (for N = 8, there are only 92), as shown in the example, you may want to pre-calculate and reflect 12 unique solutions. This will aid in optimizing the performance of generating solutions. ### Tip 5: Try Solving the Problem Backwards Surprisingly, some context problems look far easier when solved "backwards" (from the idea definitely does not think as they are solved using a literal attack from the more obvious angle). By readying to process the data in reverse, you may find the solution isn't what you expected. *It is said that every program is doing most of its task in only about 10% of the code—the critical code.* #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 213 Context: Chapter8MoreAdvancedTopicsGeniusisonepercentinspiration,ninety-ninepercentperspiration.—ThomasAlvaEdison8.1OverviewandMotivationThepurposeofhavingthischapteristwofold.First,thischapterallowsustotakeoutthehardermaterialfromtheearlierchapters.Section8.2containsdiscussionsofmanyproblemswhichcanbeconfusingfornewcompetitiveprogrammersiftheyarelistedintheearlierchapters.ThisisbecausetheproblemslistedinSection8.2requiremorethanonedatastructuresand/oralgorithms.Itismoreappropriatetodiscusstheminthischapter,afterallthevariousdatastructuresandalgorithmshavebeendiscussed.Therefore,itisagoodideatomasterChapter1-7firstbeforereadingthischapter.Thesecondpurposeisforeasierextensioninthefutureeditionsofthisbook.Thestyleofthischapteriscurrentlyasfollow:Threemajorthemesinthreesections:ProblemDecomposition(Section8.2),MoreAdvancedSearchTechniques(Section8.3),andMoreAdvancedDynamicPro-grammingTechniques(Section8.4).Eachsectioncontainsindependentwriteupsofsomeharderproblems.Thisstylemakesthischaptereasytoextendinthefuture.8.2ProblemDecompositionWhilethereareonly‘afew’basicdatastructuresandalgorithmstestedincontestproblems(mostofthemarecoveredinthisbook),harderproblemsmayrequireacombinationoftwo(ormore)datastructuresand/oralgorithms.Forsuchproblems,trytodecomposepartsoftheproblemssothatyoucansolvethedifferentpartsindependently.Tobeabletodecomposeaproblemintoitscomponents,wemustfirstbefamiliarwiththeindividualcomponents.Weillustratethisdecompositiontechniqueusingseveralexamples.8.2.1TwoComponents:BinarySearchtheAnswerandOtherInSection3.3.1,wehaveseenbinarysearchtheansweronasimulationproblem.Actually,thistechniquecanbecombinedwithotheralgorithms.Severalvariantsthatwehaveencounteredsofararebinarysearchtheanswerplus:•Greedyalgorithm(discussedinSection3.4),e.g.UVa714,11516,LA2949,5000,•MCBM(discussedinSection4.7.4),e.g.UVa10804,11262,•SSSPalgorithm(discussedinSection4.4),e.g.UVa10816,IOI2009(Mecho),•MaxFlow(discussedinSection4.6),e.g.UVa10983.197 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 231 Context: ```markdown // C code for question 7, assuming all necessary includes have been done int main() { int a[20], n = 20; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { scanf("%d", &a[i]); } for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (int j = i + 1; j < n; j++) { if (a[i] < a[j]) { printf("%d ", a[j]); // this is part of set } } } printf("\n"); } # Exercise 1.2.4: Answers for situation judging are in bold: 1. You receive a WA response for a very easy problem. What should you do? - **(a)** Abandon this problem and go another. **(not ok, your team will lose out).** - **(b)** Improve the performance of your solution. **(not useful).** - **(c)** Create tricky test cases and find the bug. **(the most logical answer).** - **(d)** In ICPC, ask another coder in your team to re-do this problem. **(this is a logical answer; this can work although your team will lose precious penalty time).** 2. You receive a TLE response for your O(N) solution. However, maximum N is just 100. What should you do? - **(a)** Abandon this problem and go another. **(not ok, your team will lose out).** - **(b)** Improve the performance of your solution. **(not ok, we should have gotten TLE with an O(N) algorithm if N <= 200).** - **(c)** Create tricky test cases and find the bug. **(this is the answer; another newbie program is accidentally trapped in an infinite loop in some test cases).** 3. Follow up question (see question 2 above): What if maximum N = 10,000? - **(a)** If N = 10, you have two choices but to improve the performance of the algorithm or use a faster algorithm.** 4. You receive an RTE response. Your code runs OK on your machine. What should you do? - **(a)** Check to see if there are any unusual conditions. The issue may be with your inputs or outputs responding to specific edge and corner cases. - **(b)** Look for cases that can possibly cause your code to end up with these situations. **(Strictly, must check for multiple AC codes).** 5. Be sure to go before the end of the contest. You may have 1 WA code and 1 fresh idea for another problem. What should you (your team) do? - **(a)** Abandon the problem with WA code; ask your team members to scrutinize the printed code carefully. This way, you can also ask that problem is attempted to solve TWO more issues. - **(b)** Go to do the other problem in an attempt to solve problem faster; find the best way to code this only within less than 30 minutes. - **(c)** Try to help your team to find other bugs in the code. **(this is how you believe that you could help your teammates; you can find the bug for the WA code by looking at the printed code).** ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 158 Context: ``` # 5.6 Probability Theory Probability Theory is a branch of mathematics dealing with the analysis of random phenomena. Although each of the involved concepts tends to resemble, if it is regarded merely from the stance of random events with artificial constitutive patterns, which can be studied and predicted. In programming contexts, problems involving probability are often solvable with: - **Classification**: For these problems, one has to classify the probability returned. Examples: - UVA 1060 - What is the Probability? - UVA 1081 - Coins and Cards, etc. - **Exploration of the search space to count number of events**: usually harder to count; may deal with probability (Combinatorics, Central & Dynamic Programming) on discrete sample spaces (normally simpler to count). Examples: - UVA 10432 - This can be solved via brute-force by trying all permutations and see how many distinct cases there are for expected values, A = (1 - 1) × (A + … + A). However, a more mathematically correct term can be used instead: ``` # Programming Exercises about Probability Theory: 1. UVA 1073 - Hook's Law Problem (actually this is just a k-1 pc per reading) 2. UVA 1074 - Multiple Queries (see query to the field from) 3. UVA 1075 - Elements (see similar to UVA 1079, Juan Bagludger) 4. UVA 1078 - Cumulative Sum Query (involve some K ) 5. UVA 1081 - Dice Throwing? (The die space [based, see n-6 sides, gold] ) 6. UVA 1111 - Adding the Ideal Conditions (go): explore possibilities 7. UVA 1151 - Number theory (see?) / total go to simplify fractions 8. UVA 12492 - Alice's 12 is the same as Lin is the same... > **Note:** *Either pick a cost first, then switch to a car; or pick a car first, and then switch to another car.* ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 191 Context: # Chapter 7 ## (Computational) Geometry *Let us man ignorant of geometry enter here.* — Plato's Academy in Athens ### 7.1 Overview and Motivation (Computational) Geometry is yet another topic that frequently appears in programming contests. Almost all ICPC problems test have at least one geometry problem. If you are lucky, it will ask for some geometry solution that you have learned before. Usually, you draw the geometrical object(s) and then derive the solution from some basic geometric formulas. However, many geometry problems are the complications that often require some concrete explanation. In 101, the extension of geometry-specific problems depends on the tasks described by the Scientific Committee in the last three years (2000 and 2001). 101 tends to focus on geometry problems. However, in other years, there exist one or two geometry-related problems per [10] [5]. We have observed that many contestants, especially ICPC contestants, are afraid to tackle geometry-related problems due to two logical reasons: 1. The solutions for geometry-related problems have lower probability of getting Accepted (AC) during contests compared to the solutions for other problem types in the contest, like Constructive Search or Dynamic Programming. This makes many students prefer to skip the problem as more worthful than spending precious minutes solving geometry solutions that has lower probability of acceptance. - There are usually tricky 'special corner cases' in geometry problems. For example, if the line is horizontal (vertical gracefully). What if the points are collinear? What if the polygon is convex? etc. It is usually a good idea to bring your team’s geometry solution and see if cases before you submit it to judges. - There is a possibility of having floating point precision errors that cause even a 'correct' solution to be a Wrong Answer (WA) response. 2. The contestants are not well prepared. - The contestants usually forget some important basic formulas or unable to derive the required formulas from the basic ones. - The facts that due to few well-written library functions and their attempts to code such functions also might restrict useful time and wrap up with bugs. In ICPC, the top teams usually find expertise out of their hard copy material (which can bring an algorithm being replicated with lots of geometry libraries and library functions). #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 41 Context: ``` ## 2.2 DATA STRUCTURES WITH BUILT-IN LIBRARIES ### Author: Steven & Feliks 1. **UVA 10783** - Let's Play (1D string array manipulation) 2. **UVA 11040** - Add Links to the Wall (2D array manipulation) 3. **UVA 11902** - Group People (1D array manipulation) 4. **UVA 11933** - Divide and Conquer (3D array manipulation) 5. **UVA 11934** - Newspaper Mile (Direct Address Table) 6. **UVA 11939** - Symphony (1D array manipulation) 7. **UVA 11940** - Stickers (2D array manipulation) 8. **UVA 11941** - No Problem (1D array manipulation) 9. **UVA 11942** - Prefix Permutation (2D array manipulation) 10. **UVA 11943** - Spring Numbers (a case for linked lists) 11. **UVA 11944** - The Knapsack (1D array manipulation) 12. **UVA 11945** - Melting Loop (1D array manipulation) 13. **UVA 11609** - Circular Scheduler (2D array manipulation) 14. **UVA 11613** - Childish Game (modified comparison function, use sort) 15. **UVA 11614** - Building Bridges (can occur in different ways) 16. **UVA 11615** - Simple Logs (accelerate with binary search) 17. **UVA 11617** - Small Regular Guardians (can be simplified for Z=0, with sort) 18. **UVA 11241** - Minimum Land (uses sort algorithms) 19. **UVA 11244** - Variable Length Codes (uses sorting, per-execution) 20. **UVA 12131** - Wonderland (BST, lever overflow, per-execution) ### C++ STL Algorithms (Code Questions) 1. **UVA 10125** - Slicing Quality (modified comparison function, use sort) 2. **UVA 10126** - Load Balancer (use next-permutation) 3. **UVA 10127** - Portable A.I. (custom-built sorting, use sort) 4. **UVA 10128** - Second Scheduler 5. **UVA 10129** - Childish Game (modified comparison function, use sort) 6. **UVA 10130** - Sorting Design (read from the end with different sizes) 7. **UVA 10131** - Sort and Run (new sort) 8. **UVA 10132** - Minimum Load Gaurds (uses sorting) 9. **UVA 10133** - Minimum Land (uses pre-computation) 10. **UVA 10134** - Binary Sort (something has happened in ) 11. **UVA 10135** - Balls and Boxes (requires sort - requires O(nlogn) long sort) 12. **UVA 11367** - Round Work > "Count how many valid sets (groups) between pairs of consecutive lines are used to create the list sorted. For example, the only set of lines possible is the second, third, and last sets selected during counting. Also, it is possible to help one another, but they may share only one pair." ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 4 Context: iiCONTENTS7.2ADifferentCostfunction:LogisticRegression..........377.3TheIdeaInaNutshell........................388SupportVectorMachines398.1TheNon-Separablecase......................439SupportVectorRegression4710KernelridgeRegression5110.1KernelRidgeRegression......................5210.2Analternativederivation......................5311KernelK-meansandSpectralClustering5512KernelPrincipalComponentsAnalysis5912.1CenteringDatainFeatureSpace..................6113FisherLinearDiscriminantAnalysis6313.1KernelFisherLDA.........................6613.2AConstrainedConvexProgrammingFormulationofFDA....6814KernelCanonicalCorrelationAnalysis6914.1KernelCCA.............................71AEssentialsofConvexOptimization73A.1Lagrangiansandallthat.......................73BKernelDesign77B.1PolynomialsKernels........................77B.2AllSubsetsKernel.........................78B.3TheGaussianKernel........................79 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 138 Context: # 5.2 AD HOC MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS ## Steven & Felix ### Finding Patterns and Formulas These problems require the problem solver to read the problem description carefully to spot the patterns and establish formulas. Attacking this category will usually result in a "feel" for the values. The actual solutions are usually subtle and not entirely obvious. Example: Let set X be a set of square numbers sorted in increasing order: {1, 4, 9, 16, 25, ...}. Given an integer A, how many integers in X are less than A? *Answer: ⌊√A⌋*. ### Grid These problems involve grid manipulation. The format of the grid can be complex, but the grid will often use simple primitive rules. The typical 1D/2D grid is presented in this section. The solution strategy depends on the problem solver's creativity in discerning the patterns to analyze and manipulate the grid or in converting the given data into a simpler form. ### Number Systems or Sequences Some Ad Hoc mathematics problems involve deducing definitions of existing (or fictional) Number Systems or sequences and tasks to produce either the numbers (sequence) with some range or the nth term, verifying if the given formula (sequence) is valid according to the definition. Ultimately, defining the problem descriptive carefully is the key to solving the problem. ### Logarithms, Exponential Growth These problems involve the (easier) usage of \( \log \) and \( e^{x} \) functions. - **Exercise 5.2.1**: What should be run \( C/(C+1) \) to compute \( \log_{2}(n) \) (base 2)? - **Exercise 5.2.2**: What will be returned by \( \text{floor}(1 \log_{10}(10^{3})) \)? - **Exercise 5.2.3**: How to compute \( (f \text{with root of} x) \) in \( C \text{ or } C++/Java \)? ### Polynomials These problems involve polynomial evaluation, extrapolation, multiplication, division, etc. We can sometimes work by substituting the coefficients of the polynomial form to test their limits. Usually, polynomial expressions or polynomial series represent the problems. ### Base Number Variants These are the mathematical problems involving base numbers, but they are not the standard conversion problems that can be easily solved with Jan Bärnighausen's technique from Section 5.3. ### Just Ad Hoc These are other mathematical-related problems that cannot be classified as one of the above. We suggest that readers—especially those who are new with mathematics-related problems—look at starting from programming or solving mathematical-related problems by trying at least 2 to 3 problems before trying one that has been highlighted in this chapter. *Note: The problems listed constitute ≥ 30% of the entire problems in this chapter.* ## Programming Exercises Related to Ad Hoc Mathematics Problems: - **The Simple Ones:** - UVA 100: **Haunted the Brave Warrior** (absolute frontier; use long long) - UVA 101: **The Loop** (slope from simple outputs; 2 x 0) - UVA 107: **Averages** (calculate average; get 2 simple cycles) - UVA 113: **T Factor** (simple query) - UVA 116: **Renaissance Warriors Never Die** (truth roots of a cardinal equation) - UVA 117: **Baba Banshee** (empty 1D matrix) - UVA 11875: **Bide Game** (get results of a sorted input) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 44 Context: # 2.2 DATA STRUCTURES WITH BUILT-IN LIBRARIES ## Steven & Felix However, a form of Hash Table is actually used in context, namely 'Direct Addressing Table' (DAT), where the key itself is the index, bypassing the need for a hash function. For example, we may want to insert all possible ASCII characters (128 total) into such a structure, e.g., `w → 119`, `j → 106`, `! → 33`. In this case, we do not need to use CHI-Set up as a form of hashing since the key itself (the ASCII character) is unique and sufficient to determine the appropriate index in the array of size 256. ## Example 2.2.2.1: With linear data structures that you will use if you have to support the following three dynamic operations: 1) name insertion, 2) name deletion, and 3) name requests to print data currently in the structure in sorted order. ### Example 2.2.2.2: There are N strings, N of them are unique (obviously N ≤ M). Which non-linear data structure can you use if you want to find those N strings with indices from [0...N-1]? The indexing criteria is up to you, but similar strings must be given similar indices! ## Programming exercises to practice using non-linear data structures with libraries: ### C++ STL priority queue (via `PriorityQueue`) 1. `UVA 1094 - Add All` (via `priority_queue`, greedy) 2. `UVA 1135 - I Can Guess` (via `min-heap`, stack, queue, `priority_queue`) 3. `UVA 1133 - Angry Birds` (via `priority_queue`) 4. Also see `priority_queue` linked problems in the sections (see Section 4.21) 5. `UVA 1062 - All Star Contest` (via `priority_queue`, dynamic programming) 6. Also see `priority_queue` inside Dijkstra's algorithm (see Section 4.33) 7. Also see `priority_queue` inside Prim's algorithm (see Section 4.30) ### C++ STL tree (via `BinaryTree`) 1. `UVA 1001 - Watermelon` (sequential works, add to map for sorting) 2. `UVA 1073 - Matrix` (sequential, e.g., maintain tree, record, insert) 3. `UVA 1141 - Student Marks` (using set and string) 4. `UVA 1156 - Light is Full` (binary tree) 5. `UVA 1052 - String Pudding` (similar to UVA 1015, but with tree) 6. `UVA 1104 - Average is Round` (map to sort tree and check missing density) 7. `UVA 1066 - New Counter` (can use map to search based on degree of combinatorial) 8. `UVA 1120 - Celebrity` (map to sort based on height) 9. `UVA 1133 - Angry Birds` (add sort to the main tree) 10. `UVA 1180 - Dominant Ancestor` (use set and linear search) >The default setting of C++ STL `priority_queue` is a Max Heap (larger to smaller) whereas the default setting of Java's PriorityQueue is a Min Heap (smaller to larger). This is notable when discussing the best of both. A Max Heap used for accessing maximum resources tends to be efficient in time complexity, whereas a Min Heap is efficient for finding the smallest resource. This is true when referencing Kruskal's algorithm. The implementation shown in Section 4.12 uses vector instead of priority_queue. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 172 Context: # 6.4 String Matching String Matching (a.k.a. String Searching) is a problem of finding the starting index (or indices) of an occurring substring (or pattern) in a larger string called text. For example, given text `T` = "ABABABCA" and pattern `P` = "ABA", then the answer is indices 0 and 2 (0-based indexing). If `P` is not found in `T`, then the answer is index `-1` only. If `P` = "EVENING", then there is no answer (no matching found and usually we return `-1` or `NULL`). ## 6.4.1 Library Solution For most pure String Matching problems on reasonably short strings, we can just use string library in our programming language. It is built-in in C/C++ string.h, in C++ std::string, indexOf in Java strings, etc. We shall elaborate further and help explain these library functions by solving more of the programming exercises mentioned at the end of this section. ## 6.4.2 Knuth-Morris-Pratt (KMP) Algorithm In Section 2.2, we have an exercise of finding all the occurrences of a substring `P` (of length `m`) in a larger string `T` (of length `n`). The code snippet, reproduced below with comments, is actually the core implementation of String Matching algorithm. ```c void naivematch() { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { // try all potential starting indices bool found = true; // use boolean flag 'found' for (int j = 0; j < m; j++) { // // if match found if (P[j] != T[i + j]) { found = false; // about this, shift starting index by 1 break; // skip the rest of the inner loop } } printf("P found at index %d in T\n", i); } } ``` This naive algorithm can run in O(m*n) on average if applied to natural text like the paragraphs of this book, but has an O(n) time with the worst-case programming context using the text `T` = "AAAAAAAAA...A" (n times) and pattern `P` = "AABAA", the naive algorithm looks at all characters at position `i` and the matching substring which is just `1 + m` characters. In 1977, Richard Karp and Robert P. Tarjan gave rise to KMP—invoked the better string matching algorithm that has made use of profound insights gained by previous character comparisons, specifically in the backtrack matcher. KMP is similar to the naive algorithm but with a key difference in how the current character `T[i]` is a mismatch. In the example below, comparing `T[i + j]` and `P[j]` (where the first character of `P` always matches with `T[i]` from index `0` to `13`): ``` T = 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 P = "ABAB" ``` KMP has no choice but to shift starting index `i` by `j`, as with naive matching. ### Notes: - Be sure to remember to press the escape key to exit the debugger terminal when you are done. - For many users, pressing the Windows `CTRL + F` button located beside the hard feature is the fastest way to search for solutions. It is not grammatically correct. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 170 Context: # 6.3 AD HOC STRING PROCESSING PROBLEMS ### © Steven & Felix 1. **UVA 0038** - **Wet Samurai** (read the first character from left to right) 2. **UVA 0042** - **Pig Latin** (read like UVa 653) 3. **UVA 0051** - **The Lazy Typist** (reverse the given words and initials) 4. **UVA 0063** - **Samurais Invasion** (standard dynamic programming) 5. **UVA 0070** - **Barbershop Data** (just simulate the process) 6. **UVA 0074** - **Euclid's Cypher** (generate a new linear poly) 7. **UVA 0080** - **Cry for Help** (palindrome attack) 8. **UVA 0082** - **Substitution Cypher** (simple character substitution mapping) 9. **UVA 0100** - **Decoding the Mall** (image highlighting variations) 10. **UVA 0111** - **2D Polygram** (detect spacing, 'hit', or read from bottom) 11. **UVA 0125** - **Decoding the Map** (complete search problems using text scanner) 12. **UVA 0129** - **Finding the Negative Mark** (complete possible solutions to ticketing) 13. **UVA 1132** - **Decoding the Message** (offer instructions in the problem) 14. **UVA 1154** - **Decoding Text** (generating multiple variations) 15. **UVA 1167** - **Paranoid Cypher** (bulk for distribution, a bit tedious) 16. **UVA 1176** - **Digital Fortress** (simple display) 17. **UVA 1178** - **Journal Hiriglyphs** (following the description) ### Prerequisite Counting 1. **UVA 1003** - **Word Problem** (get letter frequency of each word, compare with puzzle lines) 2. **UVA 1004** - **Password Standard** (read the key, track the word frequency) 3. **UVA 1005** - **Hash** (return absolute frequency count) 4. **UVA 1006** - **Roll on the Frequency** (ASCII character frequency count) 5. **UVA 1007** - **Common Parity** (count the frequency of each alphabet) 6. **UVA 1008** - **Constructing the Frequencies** (maintain and update frequency distributions in times) 7. **UVA 1009** - **GUN = GUN** (trick to get letter frequencies identified in times) 8. **UVA 1010** - **Can you decode it?** (problem ideas beside this sub problem) 9. **UVA 1018** - **Letter Pregnancy** (string/word problem) ### Import Parity 1. **UVA 1021** - **Simple Syntax** (grammar check, line syntax) 2. **UVA 1027** - **Constructing Legal Parsing** (take the rule mentioned in description) 3. **UVA 1030** - **Language G** (compiling grammar...) 4. **UVA 1031** - **Syntax Tree** (teaching parsing) 5. **UVA 1032** - **Dynamic Grammar Parsing** (returning EBNF) 6. **UVA 1073** - **The MITM Challenge** (return error check/exhaustion) 7. **UVA 1074** - **To Cubic Ratios** (alternative ratios real graphical expressions) 8. **UVA 1084** - **Number of Paths** (recursive parsing paths counting) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 13 Context: # Abbreviations | Abbreviation | Definition | |--------------|--------------------------------------------------| | A* | A Star | | ACM | Association of Computing Machinery | | AC | Accepted | | ASP* | All-Pairs Shortest Paths | | AVL | Adelson-Velsky Tree (BST) | | BNF | Backus-Naur Form | | B| | Bit | | BIT | Binary Indexed Tree | | BST | Binary Search Tree | | CC | Chin Closest | | C| | Computer ClockWise | | CCF | Cumulative Frequency | | CS | Computer Science | | DAG | Directed Acyclic Graph | | DA| | Direct Advertising Table | | DC | Divide and Conquer | | DFS | Depth First Search | | DP | Dynamic Programming | | ED | Edit Distance | | FT | Rewrite Tree | | GCD | Greatest Common Divisor | | ICP* | Int call Programming Contest | | IDS | Iterative Deepening Search | | IDE | Iterative Designing A Star | | IPOC | International Problem Solving Contest | | LA | Law Archive Policy | | LCM | Least Common Multiple | | LCS | Longest Common Subsequence | | LCP | Longest Common Prefix | | LIS | Longest Increasing Subsequence | | MST | Minimum Spanning Tree | | MCBM | Max Cardinality Bipartite Matching | | MCM | Min-Cut Max-Flow | | MICM | Min-Cut Max-Flow Maximum | | ME | Memory Limit Exceeded | | MPS* | Minimum Path Set | | MSP* | Minimum Spanning Tree Shortest Paths | | MWIS | Max Weighted Independent Set | | OJ | Online Judge | | PB | Presentation Box | | R | Red-Black (BST) | | RMQ | Range Minimum (or Maximum) Query | | RSP | Range Sum Query | | RTE | Run Time Error | | RSQ | Range Sum Query | | SSP | Single-Source Shortest Paths | | SA | Suffix Array | | STL | Standard Template Library | | TLE | Time Limit Exceeded | | USACO | USA Computing Olympiad | | Uva | University of Valladolid [28] | | WA | Wrong Answer | | WF | World Finals | #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 148 Context: # 5.4 COMBINATORICS ### Steven & Felix The maximum number of different 3-letter words that can be formed with the letters from "FACTOR"? You do not have to care whether the selected word is a valid English word or not. ## Exercise 5.4.4 Suppose you have a 3-letter word "BODY". If you rearrange the letters, can you get another word, "Bobby", "Biddy", etc.? How many different permutations are possible? ### Exercise 5.4.5 **Sub Exercise 1.1: Triangle Counting** This problem has a short description: "Given a rectangle of size \( m \times n \), pick any 3 of them and build a triangle. How many distinct triangles can you make?" (consider triangle inequality, see Section 7.2) (i.e. \( 3 \times 1 = 1 \)). The rules for triangles should depend on how you want to set up their lengths. If you randomly pick, you may spend only a few minutes to open the pattern. Otherwise, this can be a longer process. ### Exercise 5.4.6 **Using the following terms you may use:** - Burnside's Lemma - Cayley's Formula - Permutation - Derangement - Stirling Numbers ## Other Programming Exercises related to Combinatorics: 1. UVA 10079 - Pizza Cutting (derive the one-liner formula) 2. UVA 10178 - Tiling (direct formula, see Jan Bigham) 3. UVA 10703 - The Colored Chess (Brussels' random) 4. UVA 10704 - Diagonal (and its solution) 5. UVA 10709 - Lunar Many Pairs (i.e. most extensive progression formula) 6. UVA 10710 - Tiling (barely needed, formula & Bigham) 7. UVA 11016 - An Origin Problem (use Dynamic Programming) 8. UVA 11020 - Pints (use \( n! \), and Bigham's past) 9. UVA 11314 - Modular Interference (easy to tackle) 10. UVA 11340 - Delivery Schedule (easiest pick's setups) 11. UVA 11341 - Timetable (Cayley, graph, and counting) 12. UVA 11415 - Hanging Balances (similar to UVA 11314) 13. UVA 11607 - Spanning Problem (less knowledge of graph theory, the answer is very trivial) 14. UVA 11739 - Given \( X \times Y \) (see Jan Bigham's for the outline) 15. L.A. 1384 - The Cook (Sewell's, Combinatorics) 16. L.A. 4384 - Binary Search Tree (Dynamic, Combinatorics, Recurrence, Graph Theory) ## Profile of Algorithm Inventors **Erastosthenes** (circa 230-280 years BC) was a Greek mathematician. He invented geography, and the phenomenon of the circumference of earth, and invented a simple algorithm to find prime numbers which we still discuss in this book. **Leonhard Euler** (1707-1783) was a Swiss mathematician. His investigations contributed to the book near the Euler (sub. This book) and Euler root/path (sub). **Christian Goldbach** (1600-1764) was a German mathematician. He is remembered for today's conjecture that is discussed extensively with Alexander Euler. **Diophantus of Alexandria** (circa 200-300 AD) was an Alexandrian Greek mathematician. He did not do a lot of studies on data (his work is this book is Linear Diophantine Equations). #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 137 Context: Chapter5MathematicsWeallusematheveryday;topredictweather,totelltime,tohandlemoney.Mathismorethanformulasorequations;it’slogic,it’srationality,it’susingyourmindtosolvethebiggestmysteriesweknow.—TVshowNUMB3RS5.1OverviewandMotivationTheappearanceofmathematics-relatedproblemsinprogrammingcontestsisnotsurprisingsinceComputerScienceisdeeplyrootedinMathematics.Theterm‘computer’itselfcomesfromtheword‘compute’ascomputerisbuiltprimarilytohelphumancomputenumbers.Manyinterestingreallifeproblemscanbemodeledasmathematicsproblemsasyouwillseeinthischapter.RecentICPCs(especiallyinAsia)usuallycontainoneortwomathematicsproblems.RecentIOIsusuallydonotcontainpuremathematicstasks,butmanytasksrequiremathematicalinsights.Thischapteraimstopreparecontestantsindealingwiththesemathematicsproblems.Weareawarethatdifferentcountrieshavedifferentemphasisinmathematicstraininginpre-Universityeducation.Thus,forsomenewbiecontestants:‘BinomialCoefficients’,‘CatalanNum-bers’,‘EulerPhi’,‘SieveofEratosthenes’,etcarefamiliarterms,butforothers,thesetermsdonotringanybell.Perhapsbecausehehasnotlearntitbefore,orperhapsthetermisdifferentinhisnativelanguage.Inthischapter,wewanttomakeamorelevel-playingfieldforthereadersbylistingasmanycommonmathematicalterminologies,definitions,problems,andalgorithmsthatfrequentlyappearinprogrammingcontests.5.2AdHocMathematicsProblemsWestartthischapterwithsomethinglight:theAdHocmathematicsproblems.Theseareprogram-mingcontestproblemsthatrequirenomorethanbasicprogrammingskillsandsomefundamentalmathematics.Astherearestilltoomanyproblemsinthiscategory,wefurtherdividethemintosub-categories,asbelow.TheseproblemsarenotplacedinSection1.3astheyareAdHocproblemswithamathematicalflavor.ButyoucanactuallyjumpfromSection1.3tothissectionifyouprefertodoso.Rememberthattheseproblemsaretheeasierones.Todowellintheactualprogrammingcontests,contestantsmustalsomastertheothersectionsofthischapter.•TheSimplerOnes–justfewlinesofcodeperproblemtoboostyourconfidenceTheseproblemsareforthosewhohavenotsolvedan #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 9 Context: # CONTENTS © Steven & Felix - Many existing figures in this book are re-drawn and enhanced. Many new figures are added to help explain the concepts more clearly. - The first edition is mainly written using IPCP and C++ with consent. The second edition is now written in a more balanced approach between IPCP version 101 and C++ version 13. Java support is strongly implemented in the second edition; however, we do not support any other programming languages as of now. - Steven’s “Method to Solve” website is now fully integrated in this book in form of “one time blind problems” and the useful problems linked at the back of this book. Now, reaching 1100 problems solved in LVA defined pages is no longer a wild dream for your consideration; this fact is double as true as a great Computer Science University undergraduate. - Some examples in the first edition are old programming problems. In the second edition, some examples are replaced/added with the newer examples. - Addition of around 100 more programming exercises that Steven & Felix have solved in TVB online and JIGAR archive between the first and second edition. We also give more computational exercises throughout the book with hints/short answers as applicable. - Addition of short periods of data structure/algorithm libraries adapted from Wikipedia [42] & other sources. It is nice to know a little more about the man behind these algorithms. ## Web Sites This book has an official companion web site at: [https://sites.google.com/site/streamblain](https://sites.google.com/site/streamblain). In that website, you can download the pdf copy of sample exercises code and PDF slides (not that you could download primary sources) used in Steven’s CS233 class. All programming exercises in this book are integrated in: [http://eula.online.ge/index.Php?option=com_content&view=article&id=category118](http://eula.online.ge/index.Php?option=com_content&view=article&id=category118) ## Acknowledgements of the First Edition Stevan wants to thank: - God, Jesus Christ, Holy Spirit, for giving talent and passion in this competitive programming. - My lovely wife, Gaurav Syahari, for allowing me to spend our precious time for this project. - My younger brother and co-author, Felix Ang, for sharing many data structures, algorithms, and programming tricks to empower my writing of this book. - My father Lim Tsing Eng and mother Tan Hoi Lan for raising me and encouraging me to excel in our study and work. - School of Computing, National University of Singapore, for employing me and allowing me to teach CS233 - Competitive Programming module from which this book is built. - NUS-ICPC Programming Lecturers who have helped me in organizing programming and coding skills. Prof Jerome Liew, Liao Jun Cheng, Dr Tan Sun Boon, Aeksa Tan Thuan Choy, Dr Sung Weng Kin, Dr Alan Cheng Hock. - My friend Huan Winta Kunisa for providing me the manuscript of the first edition. - Fellow Teaching Assistants of CS233 and ACM ICPC Trainers @ NUS: Su Zhan, Ng Minh Duc, Melvin Zhang, Ziyuan, Bramantha Ramlan. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 87 Context: Chapter4GraphWeAreAllConnected—HeroesTVSeries4.1OverviewandMotivationManyreal-lifeproblemscanbeclassifiedasgraphproblems.Somehaveefficientsolutions.Somedonotyethavethem.Inthisrelativelybigchapterwithlotsoffigures,wediscussgraphproblemsthatcommonlyappearinprogrammingcontests,thealgorithmstosolvethem,andthepracticalimplementationsofthesealgorithms.Wecovertopicsrangingfrombasicgraphtraversals,minimumspanningtree,shortestpaths,maximumflow,anddiscussgraphswithspecialproperties.Inwritingthischapter,weassumethatthereadersarealreadyfamiliarwiththefollow-inggraphterminologies:Vertices/Nodes,Edges,Un/Weighted,Un/Directed,In/OutDegree,Self-Loop/MultipleEdges(Multigraph)versusSimpleGraph,Sparse/Dense,Path,Cycle,Iso-latedversusReachableVertices,(Strongly)ConnectedComponent,Sub-Graph,CompleteGraph,Tree/Forest,Euler/HamiltonianPath/Cycle,DirectedAcyclicGraph,andBipartiteGraph.Ifyouencounteranyunfamiliarterm,pleasereadotherreferencebookslike[3,32](orbrowseWikipedia)andsearchforthatparticularterm.WealsoassumethatthereadershavereadvariouswaystorepresentgraphinformationthathavebeendiscussedearlierinSection2.3.1.Thatis,wewilldirectlyusethetermslike:AdjacencyMatrix,AdjacencyList,EdgeList,andimplicitgraphwithoutredefiningthem.PleasereviseSection2.3.1ifyouarenotfamiliarwiththesegraphdatastructures.OurresearchsofarongraphproblemsinrecentACMICPCregionalcontests(especiallyinAsia)revealsthatthereisatleastone(andpossiblymore)graphproblem(s)inanICPCproblemset.However,sincetherangeofgraphproblemsissobig,eachgraphproblemhasonlyasmallprobabilityofappearance.Sothequestionis“Whichonesdowehavetofocuson?”.Inouropinion,thereisnoclearanswerforthisquestion.IfyouwanttodowellinACMICPC,youhavenochoicebuttostudyallthesematerials.ForIOI,thesyllabus[10]restrictsIOItaskstoasubsetofmaterialmentionedinthischapter.ThisislogicalashighschoolstudentscompetinginIOIarenotexpectedtobewellversedwithtoomanyproblem-specificalgorithms.ToassiststhereadersaspiringtotakepartintheIOI,wewillmentionwhetheraparticularsectioninthi #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 262 Context: ``` # INDEX - UVa 11963 - Extra Spaces, 155 - UVa 11964 - Galactic Boring, 37 - UVa 11970 - In The Airport, 123 - UVa 11971 - Lucky Numbers, 123 - UVa 11974 - A Switch The Lights, 84 - UVa 11984 - A Change In Thermal Unit, 16 - UVa 11986 - Six From Ratatouille, 124 - UVa 11988 - Broken Keyboard, 25 - UVa 11991 - Easy Problem from, 37 - UVa 11994 - I Can Guess..., 28 - UVa 12015 - Google’s Problem Lucky, 15 - UVa 12019 - Doom’s Day Algorithm, 17 - UVa 12024 - Hats, 142 - UVa 12034 - Paint with Strings, 148 ## Vector - Vector (Geometry), 178 ## References - Wasiluk, Stephen, 96, 99 - Waterman, Michael S., 139 - Wirth, Christian D., 139 - Zdechlik, Edward, 128 - Zero-Sum Game, 145 ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 255 Context: - **UVa 10085** - Jimmy's Ridles, 154 - **UVa 10084** - A Hole to Catch a Man, 194 - **UVa 10083** - Not how many are a horse, 138 - **UVa 10082** - The explorers, 134 - **UVa 10081** - Useless title picking, 194 - **UVa 10080** - The Twin Towers, 162 - **UVa 10079** - Distinct Subsequences, 211 - **UVa 10078** - Making Change, 12 - **UVa 10077** - A Back to School Physics Problem, 122 - **UVa 10076** - Conditional Exchange Sort, 204 - **UVa 10075** - Artists, 7 - **UVa 10074** - The Sater's-Boot Number, 60 - **UVa 10073** - Art Gallery, 194 - **UVa 10072** - Post Office, 132 - **UVa 10071** - Cyclist, 118 - **UVa 10070** - TIGHT, 211 - **UVa 10069** - Disjoint sets, 16 - **UVa 10068** - WETW5, 126 - **UVa 10067** - The Problem with... 12 - **UVa 10066** - An Easy Problem, 46 - **UVa 10065** - Place the Graduates, 54 - **UVa 10064** - Count the Rides, 40 - **UVa 10063** - Bike Race, 2, 7 - **UVa 10062** - PhD Problem, 14 - **UVa 10061** - Product Problem, 15 - **UVa 10060** - Fizz Buzz, 12 - **UVa 10059** - Parallel Processes, 46 - **UVa 10058** - Number, 20 - **UVa 10057** - Simple Sums, 161 - **UVa 10056** - Time is Money, 11 - **UVa 10055** - Symmetric Formulas, 231 - **UVa 10054** - The Fight with Infinite Primes, 23 - **UVa 10053** - Meeting Mud, 10 - **UVa 10052** - The Language Expert, 26 - **UVa 10051** - The Hardest Card, 99 - **UVa 10050** - (2,3)-Agap Set/Rest/Cover, 45 - **UVa 10049** - Controlled Fires, 63 - **UVa 10048** - Recursion Repeated, 183 - **UVa 10047** - The A* Path Problem, 24 - **UVa 10046** - An Empty Place, 1 - **UVa 10045** - Dustbin, 27 - **UVa 10044** - Amicable Numbers, 20 - **UVa 10043** - The Kingdom of the Round, 155 - **UVa 10042** - Easiest Challenge Ever, 55 - **UVa 10041** - Musical Juggling, 55 - **UVa 10040** - Drinking Problem, 124 - **UVa 10039** - New Year, 99 - **UVa 10038** - The Hurdle Race, 17 - **UVa 10037** - The Stick Tower, 14 - **UVa 10036** - Test the Survivor, 68 - **UVa 10035** - Expressing the Path, 10 - **UVa 10034** - Association of Music, 10 - **UVa 10033** - MP3, 10 - **UVa 10032** - The Cards, 37 - **UVa 10031** - Stack, 23 - **UVa 10030** - Hello World, 12 - **UVa 10029** - Smiling Faces, 28 - **UVa 10028** - The Last, 78 - **UVa 10027** - Swallowing the Moon, 126 - **UVa 10026** - An Idea for a Great Start, 30 - **UVa 10025** - Light in the Darkness, 35 - **UVa 10024** - Artificial Intelligence, 176 - **UVa 10023** - The Light Bulb, 10 - **UVa 10022** - The Test, 18 - **UVa 10021** - Game of Life, 75 - **UVa 10020** - The Wasteland, 14 - **UVa 10019** - Stuck in Island, 9 - **UVa 10018** - The First Problem, 123 - **UVa 10017** - Problem Solving with ... 25 - **UVa 10016** - My Name is, 99 - **UVa 10015** - Proficiency in Mathematics, 112 - **UVa 10014** - Advanced Calculus, 225 - **UVa 10013** - Space Exploration, 14 - **UVa 10012** - Caching and Batching, 14 - **UVa 10011** - Knights and Peasants, 123 - **UVa 10010** - The Clown Problem, 194 - **UVa 10009** - Lighthouse, 98 - **UVa 10008** - Fast Fibonacci, 18 - **UVa 10007** - Penalty Kicks, 267 - **UVa 10006** - Titling Brook, 10 - **UVa 10005** - Exercise and Reminisce, 21 - **UVa 10004** - The Continents, 80 - **UVa 10003** - Back in The Loop, 23 - **UVa 10002** - Starlit Night, 7 - **UVa 10001** - Pilot Problems, 134 - **UVa 10150** - Doubles, 94 - **UVa 10152** - Skillset, 54 - **UVa 10153** - The One on a Dishevelled, 123 - **UVa 10154** - Our Queer Approach, 145 - **UVa 10155** - Master Keepers, 211 - **UVa 10156** - Number Games, 211 - **UVa 10157** - Sports, 141 - **UVa 10158** - Stamina of First Prizes, 134 - **UVa 10159** - The Big Foot Infinite Max, 123 - **UVa 10160** - Meeting Mud 0, 198 - **UVa 10161** - Problem Solving Script, 10 - **UVa 10162** - HTTP Error, 37 - **UVa 10163** - Resume Problems, 34 - **UVa 10164** - Recreational Paths, 183 - **UVa 10165** - The Very Best, 142 - **UVa 10166** - The Wishing Tree, 85 - **UVa 10167** - Hamburger Problems, 34 - **UVa 10168** - Programmatic Robot, 134 - **UVa 10169** - Smarter Network, 124 - **UVa 10170** - Crash Problems, 38 - **UVa 10171** - The Trunk, 118 - **UVa 10172** - Digital's FIRST, 16 - **UVa 10173** - The Professor's Test, 194 - **UVa 10174** - Cocktails, 136 - **UVa 10175** - Identify Each Person, 17 - **UVa 10176** - Hidden Values, 190 - **UVa 10177** - The Divorce, 58 - **UVa 10178** - Catch the Risks, 183 - **UVa 10179** - Reviews, 42 - **UVa 10180** - The Great Formula, 154 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 230 Context: ``` # Exercise 1.2.3: The codes are shown below: ```java // Java code for question 1, assuming all necessary imports have been done class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "Y"; int x = 16, y = 10; System.out.println(new BigInteger(str, x).toString(y)); } } ``` ```java // C++ code for question 2, assuming all necessary includes have been done int main() { int s[] = {5, 1, 10, 7, 20, 8, 9}; sort(s, s + 7); printf("%d", binary_search(s, s + 7, 1)); } ``` ```java // Java code for question 3, assuming all necessary imports have been done class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String[] dates = new String[] {"Sun", "Mon", "Tue", "Wed", "Thu", "Fri", "Sat"}; Calendar calendar = new GregorianCalendar(2010, 7, 9); // August 2010 // Note that months start from 0, so we need to pass 7 instead of 8 System.out.println(dates[calendar.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_WEEK)]); // "Wed" } } ``` ```java // Java code for question 4 class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { String str = "Time: a3 and z2 will be replaced, but a2d and a7z will not."; System.out.println(str.replaceAll("[aeiou]", "9")); } } ``` ```java // Java code for question 5, assuming all necessary imports have been done class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner sc = new Scanner(System.in); double d = nextDouble(); System.out.printf("%.3f", d); // Yes, Java has printf too! } } ``` ```java // Java code for question 6, assuming all necessary imports have been done class Main { public static void main(String[] args) { int p[] = {1, 2, 3}; int n = 3; for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) printf("%d ", p[i]); printf("\n"); while (next_permutation(p, p + n)) { for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) printf("%d ", p[i]); printf("\n"); } } } ``` ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 51 Context: Chapter8SupportVectorMachinesOurtaskistopredictwhetheratestsamplebelongstooneoftwoclasses.Wereceivetrainingexamplesoftheform:{xi,yi},i=1,...,nandxi∈Rd,yi∈{−1,+1}.Wecall{xi}theco-variatesorinputvectorsand{yi}theresponsevariablesorlabels.Weconsideraverysimpleexamplewherethedataareinfactlinearlysepa-rable:i.e.Icandrawastraightlinef(x)=wTx−bsuchthatallcaseswithyi=−1fallononesideandhavef(xi)<0andcaseswithyi=+1fallontheotherandhavef(xi)>0.Giventhatwehaveachievedthat,wecouldclassifynewtestcasesaccordingtotheruleytest=sign(xtest).However,typicallythereareinfinitelymanysuchhyper-planesobtainedbysmallperturbationsofagivensolution.Howdowechoosebetweenallthesehyper-planeswhichthesolvetheseparationproblemforourtrainingdata,butmayhavedifferentperformanceonthenewlyarrivingtestcases.Forinstance,wecouldchoosetoputthelineveryclosetomembersofoneparticularclass,sayy=−1.Intuitively,whentestcasesarrivewewillnotmakemanymistakesoncasesthatshouldbeclassifiedwithy=+1,butwewillmakeveryeasilymistakesonthecaseswithy=−1(forinstance,imaginethatanewbatchoftestcasesarriveswhicharesmallperturbationsofthetrainingdata).Asensiblethingthusseemstochoosetheseparationlineasfarawayfrombothy=−1andy=+1trainingcasesaswecan,i.e.rightinthemiddle.Geometrically,thevectorwisdirectedorthogonaltothelinedefinedbywTx=b.Thiscanbeunderstoodasfollows.Firsttakeb=0.Nowitisclearthatallvec-tors,x,withvanishinginnerproductwithwsatisfythisequation,i.e.allvectorsorthogonaltowsatisfythisequation.Nowtranslatethehyperplaneawayfromtheoriginoveravectora.Theequationfortheplanenowbecomes:(x−a)Tw=0,39 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4CHAPTER1.DATAANDINFORMATION1.2PreprocessingtheDataAsmentionedintheprevioussection,algorithmsarebasedonassumptionsandcanbecomemoreeffectiveifwetransformthedatafirst.Considerthefollowingexample,depictedinfigure??a.Thealgorithmweconsistsofestimatingtheareathatthedataoccupy.Itgrowsacirclestartingattheoriginandatthepointitcontainsallthedatawerecordtheareaofcircle.Inthefigurewhythiswillbeabadestimate:thedata-cloudisnotcentered.Ifwewouldhavefirstcentereditwewouldhaveobtainedreasonableestimate.Althoughthisexampleissomewhatsimple-minded,therearemany,muchmoreinterestingalgorithmsthatassumecentereddata.Tocenterdatawewillintroducethesamplemeanofthedata,givenby,E[X]i=1NNXn=1Xin(1.1)Hence,foreveryattributeiseparately,wesimpleaddalltheattributevalueacrossdata-casesanddividebythetotalnumberofdata-cases.Totransformthedatasothattheirsamplemeaniszero,weset,X′in=Xin−E[X]i∀n(1.2)ItisnoweasytocheckthatthesamplemeanofX′indeedvanishes.Anillustra-tionoftheglobalshiftisgiveninfigure??b.Wealsoseeinthisfigurethatthealgorithmdescribedabovenowworksmuchbetter!Inasimilarspiritascentering,wemayalsowishtoscalethedataalongthecoordinateaxisinordermakeitmore“spherical”.Considerfigure??a,b.Inthiscasethedatawasfirstcentered,buttheelongatedshapestillpreventedusfromusingthesimplisticalgorithmtoestimatetheareacoveredbythedata.Thesolutionistoscaletheaxessothatthespreadisthesameineverydimension.Todefinethisoperationwefirstintroducethenotionofsamplevariance,V[X]i=1NNXn=1X2in(1.3)wherewehaveassumedthatthedatawasfirstcentered.Notethatthisissimilartothesamplemean,butnowwehaveusedthesquare.Itisimportantthatwehaveremovedthesignofthedata-cases(bytakingthesquare)becauseotherwisepositiveandnegativesignsmightcanceleachotherout.Byfirsttakingthesquare,alldata-casesfirstgetmappedtopositivehalfoftheaxes(foreachdimensionor #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 202 Context: # 7.2 BASIC GEOMETRY OBJECTS WITH LIBRARIES © Steven & Felix ## Figure 7.6: Quadrilaterals ### Programming Exercises related to Quadrilaterals 1. UVa 10015 - All Squares (exercise counting). 2. UVa 10004 - Square (testing square of vertices: stay in). 3. UVa 10600 - Overlapping Rectangles - (rectangle-rectangle intersection). 4. UVa 10617 - Points in Figures - (similar to UVa 173 and 478). 5. UVa 10612 - Containing Rectangles (complete search). 6. UVa 10613 - Largest Square (implicit search). 7. UVa 12017 - The Easiest Way - (curving rect Into equal-sized squares). 8. UVa 12041 - Rectangular (including intersection). 9. UVa 11534 - Beshbesh (property check). 10. UVa 11536 - Chord for Land (round-rectangle intersection, use flag array). 11. UVa 11534 - Edward - (picking two circles in a rectangle). ## 7.2.6 3D Objects: Spheres 1. A **Sphere** is a perfectly round geometrical object in 3D space. 2. The **Great-Circle Distance** between any two points A and B on a sphere is the shortest distance along a path on the surface of the sphere. This path is an arc of the **Great-Circle** of the sphere that passes through the two points A and B. We can imagine Great-Circle like the intersection of the sphere and a plane that passes through the center of the sphere, which will create a circle that you can use to determine the distance between points A and B. ## Figure 7.7: Left: Sphere, Middle: Hemisphere and Great-Circle, Right: d-Distance (A-B) To find the **Great-Circle Distance**, we have to find the central angle AOB (see Figure 7.7). The **Great-Circle Circle** which is the outer edge of the Great-Circle gives the center of the sphere. Given the radius of the sphere/Great-Circle, we can then determine the length of arc A-B, which is the required Great-Circle distance. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 31 Context: # 1.3 GETTING STARTED: THE AD HOC PROBLEMS **Programming Exercises related to Ad Hoc problems:** ### Easy Problems in UVA Online Judge (under 7 minutes) 1. **UVA 01272** - TEX Quotes (simple replace all double quotes to TC⌐ style quotes) 2. **UVA 00400** - Winking on a Gumball Machine (count frequency of words in a line) 3. **UVA 10987** - What’s the Frequency? (a lot, but I need array manipulation) 4. **UVA 10409** - Exploration (transportation, keep track of visited cells) 5. **UVA 12040** - List of Consequences (simple frequency counting, see the logic) 6. **UVA 13012** - Scared Leader (simple, see story entry) 7. **UVA 11367** - Building Bookcases (general knowledge, not easy) 8. **UVA 11547** - Arbitrage Assure (numerical precision issues) 9. **UVA 11842** - Division of Nigeria (simplified problem, you can use float instead) 10. **UVA 11574** - Bouncing Laser (see linear search and real numbers) 11. **UVA 11777** - Counting Prices (check if it matches the target value) 12. **UVA 11849** - Cows in the Stockyard (easy through lists and simple math) ### Medium (Classy) 1. **UVA 01202** - Beggars My Neighbour (card game simulation, straightforward) 2. **UVA 10301** - Bridge Hand Evaluator (simulation, cards) 3. **UVA 00557** - Bridge Hands (card game) 4. **UVA 10045** - Stack ‘em (two card game) 5. **UVA 10968** - What is the Card? (a simple card with some rule, pick certain card) 6. **UVA 11762** - Card Sorting (another card game manipulation problem) 7. **UVA 10680** - Queen (and bro, chess) ### Hard (Classy) 1. **UVA 00732** - Card Move (check the validity of two hands) 2. **UVA 3790** - Puzzle (follow the game rules, a lot turtles) 3. **UVA 02262** - Rock-Paper-Scissors (another game manipulation problem) 4. **UVA 00131** - Card Simulation (simple card game) 5. **UVA 10030** - Square and Rectangle (see players grid and stack reaches) 6. **UVA 00370** - Hanging Judge (how to solve) 7. **UVA 12502** - Interesting Numbers (statements, and best routing algorithms) 8. **UVA 10147** - Clustering (clusters and labels) 9. **UVA 10131** - Misspelled (simple Misspelled game, similar to UVA 10279) 10. **UVA 10035** - Free Time (the card variety is the key) **Note:** Problems are non-alphabetical order. Can be solved "easily" with Java Regular Expression. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 32 Context: 20CHAPTER4.TYPESOFMACHINELEARNING4.1InaNutshellTherearemanytypesoflearningproblemswithinmachinelearning.Supervisedlearningdealswithpredictingclasslabelsfromattributes,unsupervisedlearn-ingtriestodiscoverinterestingstructureindata,semi-supervisedlearningusesbothlabeledandunlabeleddatatoimprovepredictiveperformance,reinforcementlearningcanhandlesimplefeedbackintheformofdelayedreward,activelearn-ingoptimizesthenextsampletoincludeinthelearningalgorithmandmulti-tasklearningdealswithsharingcommonmodelcomponentsbetweenrelatedlearningtasks. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 61 Context: ``` ## 3.2 COMPLETE SEARCH ### © Steven & Foltz 1. **UVa 1101** - Necker (intro from math, maintain function) 2. **UVa 1164** - Chocopie Bear (try all possible bears from 2 to 36) 3. **UVa 1095** - Menstrual Product (input is small) 4. **UVa 1021** - Open Credit Score (an easy issue) 5. **UVa 1127** - The Final Frontier (iterative complete search + sorting) 6. **UVa 1142** - The Bines (use next_permutation, find one possibility from 6) 7. **UVa 1152** - Simple Equations (x = nested loop with priming) 8. **UVa 1171** - Expert Counter (catalan’s) 9. **LA 840** - String Popping (Daisy) ### Iterations (Challenge O'pay) 1. **UVa 1060** - Cake cutting (for all, similar problem to UVa 1159) 2. **UVa 608** - Del Taco Riddle (garnish 2² combinations, pretty unusual ones) 3. **UVa 675** - Count the Ways: (2-based → 3-based topology) 4. **UVa 2073** - Stacks-Man (a useful base was needed to solve this problem) 5. **UVa 2124** - Climbing Up (easy usage, inc free course) 6. **UVa 2170** - Chord Length (using iter to solve) 7. **UVa 2072** - (3/42 sp/Ben Crews... use (2/3) instead, ignore hazards) 8. **UVa 1156** - Genius timing (polling): 2-3 tested paths with distance) 9. **UVa 1160** - Strings Condition (follow-up allows multiple thread instances) 10. **UVa 1193** - T Roman Palindrome (try all 2**b brute forced) 11. **UVa 1131** - Stid Grate (solve by adding brute force for (3b) + make it level bounded) 12. **UVa 1194** - Arranging (to special loop) ### Recursive Backtracking (The Easier Ones) 1. **UVa 1098** - The Island Source (8 queens chess problem) 2. **UVa 1097** - Dual Permutation without cycling (work with strings) 3. **UVa 1096** - Frog Leap (easy map) 4. **UVa 1125** - Tough Trouble (5) 5. **UVa 1094** - The Hummus Dilemma (backtrack) 6. **UVa 1076** - The Greatest Blow (and play around with the sorting) 7. **UVa 1078** - The Newspaper Game (have to print all solutions with backtracking) 8. **UVa 1069** - (testing target): dive with (b) + test with DNP-2 input 9. **UVa 1100** - Rainy Neighborhood (backtracking) 10. **UVa 1181** - The Problem with the Queen’s (similar to UVa 1152, tree expend) 11. **UVa 1159** - Tidy Akimbo Big, Ignoring (all, one could trial, take the max) 12. **UVa 1082** - Backing out to the Squeeze 13. **UVa 1091** - The Problem with the Queens** (backtrack involving strings) 14. **LA 834** - String Popping (Daisy) ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 161 Context: ``` 5.8 Game Theory =============== Game Theory is a mathematical model of strategic situations (not necessarily games in the common meaning of 'games') in which a player's success in making choices depends on the choices of others. Many programming problems involving game theory are classified as Zero-Sum Games — a mathematical way of saying that if one player wins, then the other player loses. For example, a game of the Two-Player Goose (e.g., UVA 1011, UVA 1015, various number) involves games (e.g., UVA 587, 1036, 1687, from 1014, 1163) and others (UVA 1005, 1004, 1131) where two players play alternately (usually perfectly) and there can only be one winner. 5.8.1 Decision Tree ------------------- The common question asked in programming problems related to game theory is whether the starting player has a winning strategy based on how both players are doing Perfect Play. That is, each player always plays in such a way as to maximize his or her outcome based on the information available to him or her. One question is whether it is worthwhile to explore the Decision Tree of the game (also called the game tree) as it is constructed recursively, helping each player analyze whether one strategy is better than others based on future moves. The basic rule is to consider all the possible moves that are available to each player. To illustrate, suppose there are two players in a game, Player A and Player B, with Player A starting first. If Player A has two possible moves, Player A can choose one of two options: Option 1 and Option 2. Player B must then respond to Player A's choice. The game continues in this fashion until a player wins or it's determined that there is no winning state. For the sake of example, let's assume Player A chooses Option 1 as his first move, which leads to several states: 1. State 1: If Player B responds with Option 1.1, Player A can choose a strategy leading to a win. 2. State 2: If Player B responds with Option 1.2, Player A has a different winning strategy. 3. State 3: If Player B doesn't choose an available move, Player A can choose the minimum strategy. By constructing the tree, players can evaluate the effectiveness of their choices and determine the optimal move. **Programming Exercises related to Cycle-Phillips** --------------------------------------------------- 1. UVA 1027 - Expanding Dungeons (very similar to UVA 202, only different in output format) 2. UVA 1028 - Pseudo-Random Numbers (a direct application of Floyd's cycle-finding) 3. UVA 1064 - Last Digit (write out the 10's digit, then 1's digit to recurse, preprocess) 4. UVA 1061 - Happy Number (is this sequence to be eventually periodic?) 5. UVA 1068 - Essentially periodic sequences (redefine, use Reverse Push with stack) 6. UVA 11043 - Flavors Jongleurs Reloaded (cycle-finding, for answer = N - Y) 7. UVA 1169 - Calculate Concurrence (repeat query with limited digits until it cycles?) 8. UVA 1163 - Generate random numbers (use DAF of the 10k, extract digits*) ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 53 Context: ```markdown printf("%d\n", fs.req(1, 1)); // 0 => req[0] = 0 printf("%d\n", fs.req(1, 2)); // 1 => req[1] = 1 printf("%d\n", fs.req(1, 5)); // 4 => req[4] = 5 + 2 = 7 printf("%d\n", fs.req(1, 8)); // 7 => req[7] = 1 // return 0; Example code: ch2/10/functions.cpp, ch2/10/functions.cpp.java ## Exercise 2.3.4.1: RWeighted Tree RWeighted Trees have an additional operation: Find the index with a given cumulative frequency. For example, we want to know what is the minimum index (row) in Table 2.2 so that there are at least 7 strikes covered (Answer = index/score 6). Implement this feature! ## Exercise 2.3.4.2: Extend the ID RWeighted Tree to 2D Programming exercises that have data structures with our own libraries: 1. Graph Data Structures Problems (most common graph problems are discussed in Chapter 4) 1. **UVA 10973 - The Forest of the Trees** (apply the property of depth first) 2. **UVA 12029 - Graph Construction** (Double-Ended Queue list) 3. **UVA 10975 - Matrix Transforming** (transforming arrays) 4. **UVA 1098 - Day and Night** (sorting and adjacency list) 5. **UVA 11781 - Bug Problems** (turning on/off lights) 6. **UVA 11304 - Money and Income** (using adjacency list) 7. **UVA 11901 - Easy Problem** (form a queue from the list of adjacency list) 2. Unique-Path Digits: 1. **UVA 1006 - Dijkstra's Algorithm** (sparse weighted graph) 2. **UVA 10805 - Cell Phones** (finds the number of paths) 3. **UVA 10662 - Blinking Lights** (find optimal path) 4. **UVA 11214 - Waiting time** (group search approach with trees) 5. **UVA 12597 - Mysterious Cargo** (nested queries) 6. **UVA 11064 - NQueens* (__same as classic N problem__)** 7. **UVA 12012 - Arctic Pirates** (required the entire subtree) 8. **UVA 10192 - Making Friends** (count sum queries) 9. **UVA 11771 - Murdering Suspects** (solve linear search) Note: "Since the problem given is a fixed sized problem, you can fix the relation between the number of edges and the number of vertices in the respective examples. You may also find that the number of additional components may change based on these inputs. Keep in mind the system's bounds: E = F + S, where E is the number of edges." ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 140 Context: # 5.2 AD HOC MATHEMATICS PROBLEMS - **Number Systems and Sequences** 1. UVA 00136 - Ugly Numbers (use similar technique as UVA 463) 2. UVA 00313 - Street Numbers (use the arithmetic progression formula, preprocessed) 3. UVA 00429 - Tetrominoes (how to build the pieces, array manipulation) 4. UVA 00431 - Humble Numbers (form: from the set {2, 3, 5, 7}) 5. UVA 00604 - S(n) Problems (S(n) series, generate the numbers, big root) 6. UVA 10658 - The Cabbage Spares (similar to UVA 110) 7. UVA 10693 - Tetris Numbers (spectralize the answer) 8. UVA 10914 - Super Numbers (how to treat each number based on the digits) 9. UVA 11033 - Checking Numbers (details on the process of checking) 10. UVA 11104 - Binary Sequences (a problem on digits, add up) 11. UVA 11106 - A Sequence Guessing (similar to S(n) problems) 12. UVA 11108 - K-Sequence (what is the digit to be predicted) 13. UVA 11109 - R-Sequence (answers for n>0) 14. UVA 11601 - Logarithmic Sequences (familiarize with log base jth character) 15. UVA 11756 - Ranking Resident (Pinball, Board Space) **Logarithmic Equations:** - The output can fit the first logarithm, power - UVA 12100 - Power of Cryptography (use exp(log(x))) - **Polynomials** 1. UVA 00173 - Polynomial Solving (single factor output formatting) 2. UVA 00192 - Poly the Polynomial (generalized polynomial conditions) 3. UVA 10371 - Interpolating Polynomial (formula for n) 4. UVA 10505 - Polynomial Remainders (polynomial division, manipulated coefficients) 5. UVA 10649 - General Polynomial (polynomial division and remainder) - **Basic Counting** 1. UVA 00377 - Combinations (use 4 operations) 2. UVA 00386 - Easy Binary (easy manipulation) 3. UVA 10120 - Formula ("count the term in binary" hint) 4. UVA 10931 - Planary ("count similar to binary tree") - **Jedi and Evil** 1. UVA 00762 - Egyptian Multiplication (multiplications of Egyptian integers) 2. UVA 10750 - Roman Numerals (convert Roman numerals to digits and vice versa) 3. UVA 11789 - The Story of the Numbers (use the next number with precision) 4. UVA 11615 - Easy (insert, figure out to spectacle, tell the patterns, avoid TLE) 5. UVA 11186 - BST (simple math, precision required) #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 192 Context: # 7.2 BASIC GEOMETRY OBJECTS WITH LIBRARIES **Steven & Felics** The main aim of this chapter is to increase the number of attempts (and also AC solutions) for geometry-related problems in programming contests. Studies this chapter for some ideas on handling geometrical objects, particularly those in [ICPC](https://icpc.global/) contests, where programming must be precise (and it is impossible to automate error handling). It's also important to note that geometry and various mathematical frameworks like (2D, 2.5D, and 3D) geometry objects commonly found in programming contests. This chapter can be used as a quick reference to algorithms for geometry problems. In Section 2, we discuss applications of 2D polygons. There are several new ideas presented here. The idea of a polygon is one of the best-known geometric shapes. The primary definition of a polygon consists of a list of points, creating a polygon that can be treated as a simple polygon. We will conclude this chapter by providing a Divide and Conquer technique for geometry-related problems, as well as the (2D and 3D) and an approach for tackling geometry problems (as opposed to Dynamic Programming examples). We highlight the special cases that can arise and/or change the implementation that reduces the number of standard special cases. We try to avoid floating-point operations (i.e., division, square root, and other operations that can produce inaccurate results) and work with precise integers whenever possible (i.e., integer arithmetic operations, multiplications). If we really need to work with floating point, we do floating point equality tests by using: ```plaintext fabs(a - b) < EPS where EPS is a small number like 1e-6 instead of testing a == b. ``` ## 7.2.1 2D OBJECTS: Points 1. **Point** is the basic building block of higher-dimensional geometric objects. In 2D Euclidean space, points are usually represented with a `struct` in C++ (or in Java too) with two members that are typically constructors and routine interfaces. A constructor can be used to (slightly) simplify coding here. ```c // struct point: (x, y) struct point { int x, y; // basic form, minimalistic mode point(int x_, int y_) : x(x_), y(y_) {} // constructor (optional) }; ``` 2. **Double Point**: ```c struct point_double { double x, y; // only used if precision is needed point_double(double x_, double y_) : x(x_), y(y_) {} // constructor bool operator<(const point_double& other) const { // for sorting if (fabs(x - other.x) > EPS) return x < other.x; // first criteria, by x-axis return y < other.y; // second criteria, by y-axis } }; ``` > **NOTE:** This document may not exhaust the complete range of various specifications and keywords. Therefore, we would like to ensure compatibility with English programming languages. To make this clear, the 2D and 3D sections rely on the definitions seen in real life. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 71 Context: # 3.5 Dynamic Programming Dynamic Programming (from now on abbreviated as DP) is perhaps the most challenging problem solving paradigm among the major paradigms discussed in this chapter. Therefore, make sure that you have mastered the material introduced in the previous chapters/exercises before continuing. If you get seriously stuck with DP techniques, you can start by assuming that DP is a kind of "intelligent" recursion. In some types of problems, DP primarily used to utilize optimization problem and controlling "how many times." For instance, there is a phrase that says "minimize" or "maximize" for what you bus tackle; thus, there is a chance that it is a DP problem. We will refine our understanding of Dynamic Programming throughout this section. ## 3.5.1 DP Illustration We illustrate the concept of Dynamic Programming by using an example problem: TIA 11450 - Knapsack Problem. The abstract problem statement: Given different models for each garment (e.g., 3 short models, 2 long models, 4 side models, ...) and a certain limited budget, how can we model our problem to obtain speed more wisely than the naive method, but want to specify the maximum possible. The input consists of two integers \( S \) (200) and \( C \) (50), where \( S \) is the budget and \( C \) is the number of garments that have to buy. Then, information is given about the garments. For a garment \( g \) (0...1), we know an integer \( I \) (5 < \( I \) < 20) that indicates the number of different models each garment is followed by \( K \) integers indicating the price of each model \( (P_1, P_2, ..., P_K) \). The output is an integer that indicates the maximum amount of money to buy one garment each garment without exceeding the budget. If there is no solution due to the small amount of budget given, we just print "no solution". For example, if the input is like this (test case A): ``` M = 2 Price of the 2 models of garment 0 = 6 4 Price of the 1 models of garment 1 = 5 Price of the 1 models of garment 2 = 2 3 ``` Then the answer is 9, which comes from buying the bundled items (6+3). Note that the solution is not unique, as solution (6+3) and (4+5) are also optimal. However, if the input is like this (test case B): ``` M = 3 Price of the 2 models of garment 0 = 6 4 Price of the 1 models of garment 1 = 5 Price of the 4 models of garment 2 = 2 1 5 3 ``` Exercise 3.5.1 - To verify your understanding, what is the output for this test case C below? ``` Test case C: M = 2 Price of the 3 models of garment 0 = 6 4 8 Price of the 1 models of garment 1 = 1 6 Price of the 2 models of garment 2 = 2 3 7 5 ``` In order for us to appreciate the usefulness of Dynamic Programming for solving the above-mentioned problem, let us first expose how the other paradigms fare in this particular problem. #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 26 Context: 14CHAPTER3.LEARNINGconnectionbetweenlearningandcompression.Nowlet’sthinkforamomentwhatwereallymeanwith“amodel”.Amodelrepresentsourpriorknowledgeoftheworld.Itimposesstructurethatisnotnec-essarilypresentinthedata.Wecallthisthe“inductivebias”.Ourinductivebiasoftencomesintheformofaparametrizedmodel.Thatistosay,wedefineafamilyofmodelsbutletthedatadeterminewhichofthesemodelsismostappro-priate.Astronginductivebiasmeansthatwedon’tleaveflexibilityinthemodelforthedatatoworkon.Wearesoconvincedofourselvesthatwebasicallyignorethedata.Thedownsideisthatifwearecreatinga“badbias”towardstowrongmodel.Ontheotherhand,ifwearecorrect,wecanlearntheremainingdegreesoffreedominourmodelfromveryfewdata-cases.Conversely,wemayleavethedooropenforahugefamilyofpossiblemodels.Ifwenowletthedatazoominonthemodelthatbestexplainsthetrainingdataitwilloverfittothepeculiaritiesofthatdata.Nowimagineyousampled10datasetsofthesamesizeNandtraintheseveryflexiblemodelsseparatelyoneachofthesedatasets(notethatinrealityyouonlyhaveaccesstoonesuchdatasetbutpleaseplayalonginthisthoughtexperiment).Let’ssaywewanttodeterminethevalueofsomeparameterθ.Be-causethemodelsaresoflexible,wecanactuallymodeltheidiosyncrasiesofeachdataset.Theresultisthatthevalueforθislikelytobeverydifferentforeachdataset.Butbecausewedidn’timposemuchinductivebiastheaverageofmanyofsuchestimateswillbeaboutright.Wesaythatthebiasissmall,butthevari-anceishigh.Inthecaseofveryrestrictivemodelstheoppositehappens:thebiasispotentiallylargebutthevariancesmall.Notethatnotonlyisalargebiasisbad(forobviousreasons),alargevarianceisbadaswell:becauseweonlyhaveonedatasetofsizeN,ourestimatecouldbeveryfaroffsimplywewereunluckywiththedatasetweweregiven.Whatweshouldthereforestriveforistoinjectallourpriorknowledgeintothelearningproblem(thismakeslearningeasier)butavoidinjectingthewrongpriorknowledge.Ifwedon’ttrustourpriorknowledgeweshouldletthedataspeak.However,lettingthedataspeaktoomuchmightleadtooverfitting,soweneedtofindtheboundarybetweentoocomplexandtoosimpleamodelandget #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 254 Context: ``` INDEX © Steven & Felix - UVa 00776 - Monkeys in a Regular Forest, 83 - UVa 00772 - Computer Painting, 83 - UVa 00771 - Card Capture, 83 - UVa 00787 - Maximum Subsequence Sum, 63 - UVa 00789 - Knapsack, 47 - UVa 00785 - Santhosh's Cipher, 154 - UVa 00783 - The 2D Game, 163 - UVa 00811 - The Egg Toss, 104 - UVa 00821 - Page Hoping, 2 - UVa 00824 - Coat Factory, 32 - UVa 00823 - Walking on the Sidewalk, 111 - UVa 00843 - Water Fills, 163 - UVa 00841 - Continued Fractions, 123 - UVa 00840 - Largest Submatrix, 85 - UVa 00837 - Y - M - A, 17 - UVa 00838 - Not a Tree, 119 - UVa 00834 - Steps, 126 - UVa 00831 - A Multiplication Issue, 146 - UVa 00825 - Depth First Search, 11 - UVa 00826 - The Vigenere Cipher, 54 - UVa 00824 - Subset Sum Problem, 154 - UVa 00823 - Subtotaling, 6 - UVa 00827 - Airplane Compensation, 100 - UVa 00812 - Cell Counting, 61 - UVa 00811 - Routing, 93 - UVa 00820 - Shortest Path, 93 - UVa 00822 - Pascal's Triangle, 28 - UVa 00789 - Jumping Champion, 134 - UVa 00783 - Intersecting, 132 - UVa 00829 - Walking Around Wesley, 111 - UVa 00827 - Integer Sequence from ..., 44 - UVa 00925 - Eternal Truths, 94 - UVa 00929 - Number Maze, 94 - UVa 00924 - Climbing the N-Queens, 45 - UVa 00921 - Water Fills, 45 - UVa 00911 - Permutations, 5 - UVa 00914 - The Grapevine, 155 - UVa 00915 - Flipped Numbers, 129 - UVa 00672 - Pope, 50 - UVa 00661 - The 5th Dimension, 172 - UVa 00653 - Circus, 202 - UVa 00674 - Special Numbers, 124 - UVa 00697 - Subtracting, 17 - UVa 00699 - Next, 72 - UVa 00680 - Simple Minds, 104 - UVa 00663 - Sequence, 111 - UVa 00681 - Safe and Sound, 111 - UVa 00705 - Palindromic Number, 3 - UVa 00114 - Space Station, 1 - UVa 00955 - White Trees, 18 - UVa 00100 - All Roads Lead to Whose?, 94 - UVa 00116 - Context Free Languages, 128 - UVa 00100 - Including Well, 5 - UVa 00109 - All Roads Lead to Whose?, 94 - UVa 00112 - Super Egg Drop, 128 - UVa 00114 - Simple Calculator, 123 - UVa 00116 - Flip the Squartable, 24 - UVa 00109 - Minimal Conjecture, 54 - UVa 00111 - Ad-hoc Problems, 47 - UVa 00112 - Vectors, 14 - UVa 00116 - Pizzerias, 65 - UVa 00111 - Geometry, 53 - UVa 00110 - The Impossible, 6 - UVa 00107 - The Joker, 48 - UVa 00115 - Tubes, 111 - UVa 00106 - What is the Probability?, 122 ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 16 Context: # LIST OF FIGURES ## 4.19 Failed Wangkang's Explanation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 ## 4.20 Illustration of Max Flow (from UVA 329) [28] - ICPC World Finals 2000 Problem E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 ## 4.21 Red-Blue Paths Imbalanced Input with DFS is Slow . . . . . 104 ## 4.22 What are the Hike Flow Time of these three residual graphs? . . . . . 106 ## 4.23 Residual Graph of UVA 329 (p. 20) . . . . . . . . . 109 ## 4.24 Vertex Splitting Technique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 ## 4.25 Comparison Between the Max Independent Paths versus Max Edge-Disjoint Paths . . . . . . . . . . 115 ## 4.26 Graphs of CFC-DAG, TFC, Helix, Bipartite Graphs . . . . . 120 ## 4.27 The Longest Path on this DAG is the Shortest Way to Complete the Project . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 ## 4.28 The Given General Graph (tree) (left) is Converted to DAG . . . . . . . 129 ## 4.29 Example of Converting Paths in DAG . . . . . . . . 132 ## 4.30 SAPF (ASP), Bi-path Diameter . . . . . . . . . 134 ## 4.31 Bi-partite Matching Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . 141 ## 4.32 MSF/MCF Variants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 ## 4.33 Minimum Path Cover on DAG (from LA 3120 (p. 101)) . . . . 117 ## 4.34 Alternating Path Algorithm . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 ## 6.1 String Alignment Example for a `GACGT` and a `AGCAG` (case = 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150 ## 6.2 Suffix Array . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156 ## 6.3 Suffix Tree and Suffix Tree of `GACGTAC` with Various Pattern Strings . . . . . . . . . . . 158 ## 6.4 Suggested Substring of `GACGTAC` with `GT` and their LCS . . . . . . . . . 162 ## 6.5 Character Frequencies for Strings . . . . . . . . . . 168 ## 7.1 Distance to Line (left) and Line Segment (right) . . . . . . 182 ## 7.2 Circle Through 2 Points and Ratios . . . . . . . 185 ## 7.3 Tri-Segments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188 ## 7.4 Incircle Circumcircle of a Triangle . . . . . . . . 189 ## 7.5 Right Angles: Middle, Hemispherical and Gear-Circle, Right Distalence (Axis) . . . . . . 191 ## 7.6 Left: Convex Polygon, Right: Concave Polygon . . . . . . 194 ## 7.7 Circle: Middle, Middle, Sphere, Arc Point . . . . . . 198 ## 7.8 Turtle Board Sample by Sketch-Button . . . . . . 201 ## 8.1 Affine Transform (from TLA 1166) . . . . . . . . . 215 ## 8.2 Instructions for ACM ICPC WF2009 - A A Careful Approach . . . . . . 218 ## 8.3 An Example of Chushar Portfolio Problems . . . . 222 ## 8.4 The Personal Flaw of ACM ICPC WF2010 - Sharing Codebook . . . . . . . 224 ## 8.5 Steven's Statistics as of August 2011 . . . . . . 226 ## 8.6 B-D graph representation of a string that has been integrated with `b` . . . . . . 228 ## 8.7 Steven & Felix's progress in UVA online judge (2001-present) . . . . . . 230 #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 24 Context: 12CHAPTER3.LEARNINGderstoodthatthiswasalion.Theyunderstoodthatalllionshavetheseparticularcharacteristicsincommon,butmaydifferinsomeotherones(likethepresenceofascarsomeplace).Bobhasanotherdiseasewhichiscalledover-generalization.Oncehehasseenanobjecthebelievesalmosteverythingissome,perhapstwistedinstanceofthesameobjectclass(Infact,IseemtosufferfromthissonowandthenwhenIthinkallofmachinelearningcanbeexplainedbythisonenewexcitingprinciple).IfancestralBobwalksthesavannaandhehasjustencounteredaninstanceofalionandfledintoatreewithhisbuddies,thenexttimeheseesasquirrelhebelievesitisasmallinstanceofadangerouslionandfleesintothetreesagain.Over-generalizationseemstoberathercommonamongsmallchildren.Oneofthemainconclusionsfromthisdiscussionisthatweshouldneitherover-generalizenorover-fit.Weneedtobeontheedgeofbeingjustright.Butjustrightaboutwhat?Itdoesn’tseemthereisonecorrectGod-givendefinitionofthecategorychairs.Weseemtoallagree,butonecansurelyfindexamplesthatwouldbedifficulttoclassify.Whendowegeneralizeexactlyright?ThemagicwordisPREDICTION.Fromanevolutionarystandpoint,allwehavetodoismakecorrectpredictionsaboutaspectsoflifethathelpussurvive.Nobodyreallycaresaboutthedefinitionoflion,butwedocareabouttheourresponsestothevariousanimals(runawayforlion,chasefordeer).Andtherearealotofthingsthatcanbepredictedintheworld.Thisfoodkillsmebutthatfoodisgoodforme.Drummingmyfistsonmyhairychestinfrontofafemalegeneratesopportunitiesforsex,stickingmyhandintothatyellow-orangeflickering“flame”hurtsmyhandandsoon.Theworldiswonderfullypredictableandweareverygoodatpredictingit.Sowhydowecareaboutobjectcategoriesinthefirstplace?Well,apparentlytheyhelpusorganizetheworldandmakeaccuratepredictions.Thecategorylionsisanabstractionandabstractionshelpustogeneralize.Inacertainsense,learningisallaboutfindingusefulabstractionsorconceptsthatdescribetheworld.Taketheconcept“fluid”,itdescribesallwaterysubstancesandsummarizessomeoftheirphysicalproperties.Otheconceptof“weight”:anabstractionthatdescribesacertainproperty #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 253 Context: ``` # INDEX © Steven & Felix - UVa 00032 - Dungeon Master, 94 - UVa 00354 - Frogger, 49 - UVa 00384 - Goblins, 187 - UVa 00387 - Artificial Intelligence, 154 - UVa 00432 - Balancing Bank Accounts, 16 - UVa 00457 - The Settlers of Catan, 45 - UVa 00561 - Team Game, 26 - UVa 00573 - Erdős's Conjecture, 134 - UVa 00574 - Heavy Cargo, 89 - UVa 00654 - Hadlock, 120 - UVa 00671 - Merging a Bunch of Buddies, 26 - UVa 00685 - Breaking Hands, 1 - UVa 00695 - Warlocks, 78 - UVa 00682 - Drinking Goblins, 68 - UVa 00702 - Chess Player, 167 - UVa 00705 - Pirate Aviator, 46 - UVa 00711 - Risk, 40 - UVa 00742 - Just a Game, 53 - UVa 00743 - The Output, 45 - UVa 00746 - The Snail, 117 - UVa 00757 - Largest Palindrome, 124 - UVa 00775 - Checkmate, 16 - UVa 00782 - Prime Factors, 15 - UVa 00783 - Pick and Choose, 15 - UVa 00785 - Text Twist, 15 - UVa 00809 - A Walk in the Park, 112 - UVa 00836 - D Alien Game, 23 - UVa 00868 - Not Quite Two Little, 19 - UVa 00878 - Building Newspaper, 45 - UVa 00902 - The Karest for Trees, 37 - UVa 00905 - Simple Palindromes, 211 - UVa 00960 - Counterfeit Dollars, 17 - UVa 00969 - Counting Sheeps, 88 - UVa 01061 - Mapping the Routes, 82 - UVa 01074 - A Dice Story, 72 - UVa 01075 - A Puzzle, 11 - UVa 01079 - Numerical Speaking, 128 - UVa 01100 - Scholar Structure, 154 - UVa 01162 - Gorman Evaluation, 154 - UVa 01163 - 2D Factorial, 136 - UVa 01254 - Ecosystem, 44 - UVa 01267 - The Net, 94 - UVa 01285 - Passwords, 65 - UVa 01286 - Pathfinding, 16 - UVa 01288 - Polygon, 121 - UVa 01290 - Segments, 128 - UVa 01292 - Derived Statistics, 1 - UVa 01301 - The Dabbing Cat, 45 - UVa 01304 - Bowling Boxes, 17 - UVa 01350 - The Devil's Dice, 138 - UVa 01367 - Spell Checker, 165 - UVa 01374 - Counter-Attack, 67 - UVa 01378 - Dagger of Vengeance, 45 - UVa 01383 - I'm Not an Engineer, 91 - UVa 01394 - Candlestick Parable, 121 - UVa 01396 - Hi My Name's Ku, 134 - UVa 01402 - Self Numbers, 15 - UVa 01403 - Archibald's Dilemma, 74 - UVa 01405 - Pipes and Tanks, 85 - UVa 01406 - The Day Before, 114 - UVa 01420 - The Fair Trip, 45 - UVa 01437 - A Possible Class Problem, 45 - UVa 01452 - Big Dig, 29 - UVa 01456 - Mayan Structure, 134 - UVa 01480 - Number Decoder, 124 - UVa 01555 - The Engineer, 124 - UVa 01600 - We Ship Cheap, 54 - UVa 01673 - Fibonacci Numbers, 129 ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 15 Context: 1.1.DATAREPRESENTATION3standardformatsothatthealgorithmsthatwewilldiscusscanbeappliedtoit.Mostdatasetscanberepresentedasamatrix,X=[Xin],withrowsindexedby“attribute-index”iandcolumnsindexedby“data-index”n.ThevalueXinforattributeianddata-casencanbebinary,real,discreteetc.,dependingonwhatwemeasure.Forinstance,ifwemeasureweightandcolorof100cars,thematrixXis2×100dimensionalandX1,20=20,684.57istheweightofcarnr.20insomeunits(arealvalue)whileX2,20=2isthecolorofcarnr.20(sayoneof6predefinedcolors).Mostdatasetscanbecastinthisform(butnotall).Fordocuments,wecangiveeachdistinctwordofaprespecifiedvocabularyanr.andsimplycounthowoftenawordwaspresent.Saytheword“book”isdefinedtohavenr.10,568inthevocabularythenX10568,5076=4wouldmean:thewordbookappeared4timesindocument5076.Sometimesthedifferentdata-casesdonothavethesamenumberofattributes.Considersearchingtheinternetforimagesaboutrats.You’llretrievealargevarietyofimagesmostwithadifferentnumberofpixels.Wecaneithertrytorescaletheimagestoacommonsizeorwecansimplyleavethoseentriesinthematrixempty.Itmayalsooccurthatacertainentryissupposedtobetherebutitcouldn’tbemeasured.Forinstance,ifwerunanopticalcharacterrecognitionsystemonascanneddocumentsomeletterswillnotberecognized.We’lluseaquestionmark“?”,toindicatethatthatentrywasn’tobserved.Itisveryimportanttorealizethattherearemanywaystorepresentdataandnotallareequallysuitableforanalysis.BythisImeanthatinsomerepresen-tationthestructuremaybeobviouswhileinotherrepresentationismaybecometotallyobscure.Itisstillthere,butjusthardertofind.Thealgorithmsthatwewilldiscussarebasedoncertainassumptions,suchas,“HummersandFerrariescanbeseparatedwithbyaline,seefigure??.Whilethismaybetrueifwemeasureweightinkilogramsandheightinmeters,itisnolongertrueifwedecidetore-codethesenumbersintobit-strings.Thestructureisstillinthedata,butwewouldneedamuchmorecomplexassumptiontodiscoverit.Alessontobelearnedisthustospendsometimethinkingaboutinwhichrepresentationthestructureisasobviousaspossibleandtransformthedataifnecessarybeforeap #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 38 Context: 26CHAPTER6.THENAIVEBAYESIANCLASSIFIERexampleofthetrafficthatitgenerates:theuniversityofCaliforniaIrvinereceivesontheorderof2millionspamemailsaday.Fortunately,thebulkoftheseemails(approximately97%)isfilteredoutordumpedintoyourspam-boxandwillreachyourattention.Howisthisdone?Well,itturnsouttobeaclassicexampleofaclassificationproblem:spamorham,that’sthequestion.Let’ssaythatspamwillreceivealabel1andhamalabel0.Ourtaskisthustolabeleachnewemailwitheither0or1.Whataretheattributes?Rephrasingthisquestion,whatwouldyoumeasureinanemailtoseeifitisspam?Certainly,ifIwouldread“viagra”inthesubjectIwouldstoprightthereanddumpitinthespam-box.Whatelse?Hereareafew:“enlargement,cheap,buy,pharmacy,money,loan,mortgage,credit”andsoon.Wecanbuildadictionaryofwordsthatwecandetectineachemail.Thisdictionarycouldalsoincludewordphrasessuchas“buynow”,“penisenlargement”,onecanmakephrasesassophisticatedasnecessary.Onecouldmeasurewhetherthewordsorphrasesappearatleastonceoronecouldcounttheactualnumberoftimestheyappear.Spammersknowaboutthewaythesespamfiltersworkandcounteractbyslightmisspellingsofcertainkeywords.Hencewemightalsowanttodetectwordslike“viagra”andsoon.Infact,asmallarmsracehasensuedwherespamfiltersandspamgeneratorsfindnewtrickstocounteractthetricksofthe“opponent”.Puttingallthesesubtletiesasideforamomentwe’llsimplyassumethatwemeasureanumberoftheseattributesforeveryemailinadataset.We’llalsoassumethatwehavespam/hamlabelsfortheseemails,whichwereacquiredbysomeoneremovingspamemailsbyhandfromhis/herinbox.Ourtaskisthentotrainapredictorforspam/hamlabelsforfutureemailswherewehaveaccesstoattributesbutnottolabels.TheNBmodeliswhatwecalla“generative”model.Thismeansthatweimaginehowthedatawasgeneratedinanabstractsense.Foremails,thisworksasfollows,animaginaryentityfirstdecideshowmanyspamandhamemailsitwillgenerateonadailybasis.Say,itdecidestogenerate40%spamand60%ham.Wewillassumethisdoesn’tchangewithtime(ofcourseitdoes,butwewillmakethissimplifyingassumptionfornow).Itwillthendecidewhatthechanceisthatacertainwordapp #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 227 Context: # 8.5 Chapter Notes - **New, Advanced DP** 1. UVa 10961 - *Banners Rantalos* (the input constraint is at least 2) 2. UVa 10679 - *Stanford Letters* 3. UVa 10476 - *The Malasakan Marathon* (e.g., lit, minimal distance, try all) 4. UVa 10970 - *District Sequence for Jane Blighter* 5. UVa 10952 - *Stickers* (two bundles) 6. UVa 10653 - *Sticker Keepers* (or just possibly take in the real and DP¹²) 7. UVa 10141 - *Number Game* (do a number theory (modulo), backtracking²) 8. UVa 10154 - *Clumsy Console* (data is in bottom up) 9. UVa 10972 - *Playing Cards* (details to be filled) 10. UVa 10602 - *Dualization* (Grundy is fantastic) 11. UVa 11839 - *The Candyman’s Cow* (drop one parameter between a, b, or c) 12. UVa 11838 - *Exchange Rates* (maintain the best CAD and USD at any given day) 13. UVa 11835 - *Bridge Problem* (Turandot, DP on Tree) 14. UVa 11993 - *Minimum Winning* (Backwoods) 15. UVa 11907 - *Brute Force* (Bruteforce, DP on Tree) 16. UVa 11901 - *Forklift* (Backtracking) 17. UVa 11461 - *Digital Paths* (Algarithm) 18. UVa 11441 - *ACORN (Singapore)* (DP with discussion re/horn) 19. UVa 11443 - *Directed Paths (Algarithm)* 20. UVa 11460 - *Predecessor-Transit* (Algarithm, problem author Rick Halim) 21. UVa 11236 - *Virtual Transmitters (Algarithm)* (DP with 3 states) 22. UVa 11247 - *Articulation point* (Augmentaries) 23. UVa 11248 - *Multi-try* (Lanzieng, Game Theory, DP) 24. UVa 10979 - *Branching* (Forklift) 25. UVa 10703 - *Aerial Parking* (Pinball) 26. UVa 10700 - *The Islands (World Finalist Harbor10, Bionic TSP)* --- This chapter and the second edition of this book are here. After writing so much, we become more aware of the presence of more interesting techniques that we are not able to cover in the second edition of this book. Expect this chapter to be improved substantially in the final edition. --- To be continued... :) There are 52 UVa (plus 31 others) programming exercises discussed in this chapter. There are 15 pages in this chapter. - ¹DP is at least 2, but only the ones needed for looking at K sizes. - ²For each DP, you should select adjacent disjoint DP states (pos. k). - ³To review, first diagnose the degree conditions, and then, move to DP states (rough, pos. k) using the structures and decided labels. Dropping is, to the most beneficial one. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 250 Context: # INDEX ## Steven & Felts - Peirce's Theorem, 194 - Pick, George Alexander, 194 - Pilots, 176 - Polygon, 188 - Convex Hull, 191 - Incircle, 190 - Polygon, 189 - Polynomial, 191 - Powers of a Square Matrix, 147 - Partitions, 141, 149 - Prime: Algebraic, 85 - Prime Factor Cy, 59 - Prime Factors - Number of Distinct, 138 - Sum of, 135 - Prime Numbers, 133 - Functions Involving Prime Factors, 138 - Primality Testing, 135 - Prime Factor, 135 - Problem Solving, 133 - Probability Theory, 132 - Pythagorean Theorem, 187 - Pythagorean Triples, 184 - Quadrilaterals, 185 - Queen, 53 - Range Minimum Query, 32 - Recursive, 122 - Riemann Sphere, 198 - Single-Source Shortest Paths, 90 - Dijkstra's Algorithm, 93 - Negative Weight Cycle, 93 - Sliding Window, 49 - Smith, P. F., 159 - Special Graphs, 107 - Spheres, 163 - SP01, 140 - Fisher Array, 173 - Stack, 82 - String Alignment, 160 - String Matching, 156 ## String Processing - String Searching, see String Matching - Strongly Connected Components, 199 - Suffix, 163 - Suffix Array, 166 ### Applications - O(n log n) Construction, 168 - O(n) Construction, 167 - Longest Common Prefix, 171 - Longest Common Substring, 173 - Longest Repeated Substring, 165 ## Suffix Tree - Applications - Longest Path Substring, 165 - Longest Repeated Substring, 167 - String Matching, 164 ## Tail, Recent Tables, 78, 80 - Tarry School, 89 - TopCoder, 52 - Topology, 237 ### Tree - 112 - AFPS - Additional Paths and Edges, 112 - Diameter of, 112 - SSSP, 112 - Tree Traversal, 112 ## Triangle - 135 ### Union-Find Disjoint Set, 30 - USACO, 120 - UVA 100: The 3 - 1 Problem, 123 - UVA 101: The Block Problem, 17 - UVA 102: A Standing Problem, 44 - UVA 103: A Simplest Problem, 16 - UVA 104: The "I" Problem, 41 - UVA 105: A Simple Task, 135 - UVA 106: The Sum in the Flat, 124 - UVA 107: The Plane, 65 - UVA 108: Number Ground, 25 - UVA 109: The Shortest Guarding, 61 - UVA 110: Member on Topography, 124 - UVA 111: A Parsons University, 17 - UVA 114: Unclassified TSP, 69 - UVA 115: The Postal Worker Range One, 118 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 219 Context: # 8.3 More Advanced Search Techniques In this section, we discuss some more advanced search techniques that may be applicable to some harder problems. ## 8.3.1 Informed Search: A* In Chapter 3, we have seen several graph traversal/search algorithms: recursive backtracking/modified BFS. These algorithms are uniform; i.e., all possible states reachable from the current state are equally good. For some problems, we have more information and we can use it to direct the search. This is done by using heuristics to "guide" the search direction. There are 15 sliding tiles in the puzzle, each with a number from 1 to 15. These tiles are packed into a 4 by 4 frame with one empty tile. The possible moves are to slide the tile adjacent to the empty space into the position of that missing tile. After any order of writing, the objective is to arrange the tiles into the format shown in Figure 8.2, the "goal" state. This seems remarkably similar to a breadth-first search problem. The goal state can be thought of as being represented by the tiles being arranged in the position of the missing tile, where the blank tile is to the right of 1 and directly underneath 2. There are 16 tiles to the right, wherein the empty space can exist, which is quite a lot. There are also many possible configurations (arrangements) of the tiles. We can relate this to the Manhattan distance between two tiles denoted as g(s) and h(s) for state s, respectively. This is a huge search space. While it may appear that heuristics drive the search toward the goal state, it also introduces the chance to move more than one tile. ### The Current State: | State | A | B | C | D | |-------|---|---|---|---| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | 3 | 0 | 9 | 10| 11| | 4 | 12| 13| 14| 15| - g(s) = (0, 1, 2) - h(s) = g(s) + f(s)*2 - f(s) = g(s) + h(s) The one end of the starting state is (0, 0) to move east. There are three reachable states from this situation: - **State (1)**: g(0) = 3 - **State (2)**: h(1) = g(s) - g'(s) + 1 1. The heuristic value if we slide right results in h(s) = 2 ties at tile 11 and 12 are both off by 1. This causes g(h) = f(s) = 2 - 2 = 2. 2. The heuristic value if we slide to the left results in h(s) = 2 ties at tile 11 and 12 are both off by 1. This causes g(h) = f(s) = 2 - 2 = 2. If we visit the states in descending order of g(h), we will explore the states with smaller expected costs first and take this into account. This is the essence of the A* algorithm. We usually implement the state ordering with the help of a priority queue, as with Dijkstra's algorithm. Note that if h(s) is set to 0 for all states, A* degenerates to a simple BFS again. 203 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 64 Context: 3.8 DIVIDE AND CONQUER **Steven & Filip** The naive solution is to do the following linear \(O(N)\) search per query. Start from the given vertex \(v\), turn up the family tree until it hits the first vertex with direct parent has value \(v\) or until we hit the root. If this vertex is not a valid node, we have found the solution. In general, the time for this approach is \(O(N)\) if the input tree can be a small linked list of length \(N\) and \(O(\log N)\) for a balanced tree. A better solution is to store all the \(K\) targets first (we do not have to answer immediately). This allows us to do a tree traversal and precompute the parental table that we can later access when we have incoming queries. We present the parallel root-to-leaf traversal in Figure 3.1 (right). The procedure works as follows: 1. For each target: (1) 53, (2) 5, (3) 6, (4) 5, (5) 7, (6) 7, (7) 8, (8) 3, (9) 7, (10) 9, backtrack, backtrack, backtrack, backtrack. 2. During the tree traversal, when we are at a vertex that is asked in the query, we perform an \(O(N)\) binary search [this procedure is a traversed parallel non-linear query]. After allowing the search to connect to root with at least \(P\) nodes read from the database. Finally, do an \(O(Q)\) depth-search to output the results. The overall time complexity of this approach is \(O(K + N)\), which is more manageable. ### Bisection Method While there have been cases for the usages of binary search to find them in a static array and others, the "binary search principle" can also be used to find out a function that may be difficult to compute naturally. **Example Problem:** You want to buy a car loan and want to pay a monthly installment of dollars for so many months. Suppose the value of the car is approximately \(d\) dollars and the bank charges \(r\) interest for your loan based on the edge of each month. The keener the amount of money you might pay per month changes, for each dollar you borrow! Suppose \(d = 576.19\), \(r = 2\%\), and \(m = 10\). After one month your loan becomes \(d(1 + r) = 576.19 \times 1.02 = 587.88\). But if you are only given \(r = 1000\) and \(d = 576.19\), you need to determine that \(576.19\) in dollars worked, then state the actual path terms found from \(f(m, d)\). The way to solve this direct problem is to run the bisection method. We pick a reasonable range that may pay the product, let’s say the lower limit \(l\) will be interjected by \(100\) and the upper limit will be \(u\) such that \(u = l + 1\). In this case, we want to find the function you may be able to take if it was easy if we allow \(c = \frac{(l + 1) + (u + 1)}{2}\) as you may calculate later profits depending on your declining test rate: | Month | Loan Amount (d) | Status | Action | |-------|----------------|------------|-------------------------| | 1 | 110 | (d - (l + 1) = 523.05 | decrease | | 2 | 556.51 | endorsed by 523.15 | decrease | | 3 | 563.15 | endorsed by 563.1855 | decrease | | 4 | 564.61 | endorsed by 563.1875 | decrease | | 5 | 566.17 | endorsed by 564.187812 | decrease | | 6 | 568.50 | endorsed by 569.66 | increase or keep steady | | 7 | 576.19 | infraction by 571.51 | decrease | | 8 | 577.10 | refunded on an average | decrease | | 9 | 576.25 | increasment in later rate| increase | | 10 | 576.19 | after decreasing loan | increase | **Table 3.1.** Running Bisection Method on the Example Function "We use the terms 'binary search principle' as a book and comparing these values below, the range of those numbers may seem tricky as stated and adjusted (closely linked from an earlier thought rather than the existence of a function) and binary search can remain at the intensity of this principle." #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 55 Context: Chapter3ProblemSolvingParadigmsIfallyouhaveisahammer,everythinglookslikeanail—AbrahamMaslow,19623.1OverviewandMotivationInthischapter,wehighlightfourproblemsolvingparadigmscommonlyusedtoattackproblemsinprogrammingcontests,namelyCompleteSearch,Divide&Conquer,Greedy,andDynamicProgramming.BothIOIandICPCcontestantsneedtomasteralltheseproblemsolvingparadigmssothattheycanattackthegivenproblemwiththeappropriate‘tool’,ratherthan‘hammering’everyproblemwiththebrute-forcesolution(whichisclearlynotcompetitive).Ouradvicebeforeyoustartreading:Donotjustrememberthesolutionsfortheproblemsdiscussedinthischapter,butremembertheway,thespiritofsolvingthoseproblems!3.2CompleteSearchCompleteSearch,alsoknownasbruteforceorrecursivebacktracking,isamethodforsolvingaproblembysearching(upto)theentiresearchspacetoobtaintherequiredsolution.Inprogrammingcontests,acontestantshoulddevelopaCompleteSearchsolutionwhenthereisclearlynocleveralgorithmavailable(e.g.theproblemofenumeratingallpermutationsof{0,1,2,...,N−1},whichclearlyrequiresO(N!)operations)orwhensuchcleveralgorithmsexist,butoverkill,astheinputsizehappenstobesmall(e.g.theproblemofansweringRangeMinimumQueryasinSection2.3.3butonastaticarraywithN≤100–solvablewithanO(N)loop).InICPC,CompleteSearchshouldbethefirstsolutiontobeconsideredasitisusuallyeasytocomeupwiththesolutionandtocode/debugit.Rememberthe‘KISS’principle:KeepItShortandSimple.Abug-freeCompleteSearchsolutionshouldneverreceiveWrongAnswer(WA)responseinprogrammingcontestsasitexplorestheentiresearchspace.However,manyprogrammingproblemsdohavebetter-than-Complete-Searchsolutions.ThusaCompleteSearchsolutionmayreceiveaTimeLimitExceeded(TLE)verdict.Withproperanalysis,youcandeterminewhichisthelikelyoutcome(TLEversusAC)beforeattemptingtocodeanything(Table1.4inSection1.2.2isagoodgauge).IfCompleteSearchcanlikelypassthetimelimit,thengoahead.ThiswillthengiveyoumoretimetoworkontheharderproblemswhereCompleteSearchistooslow.InIOI,weusuallyneedbetterproblemsolvingtechniquesasCompleteSearchsolutionsareusu #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 135 Context: # 4.8 Chapter Notes We end this relatively long chapter by making a remark that this chapter has lots of algorithms and algorithms issues that are not in this book. This trend will likely continue in the future, and there will be many graph algorithms. However, we have come to the observations that recent ICPCs and OI often do not just ask contestants to solve problems involving the pure form of these graph algorithms. Most problems usually require contestants to combine two or more algorithms together, especially for local contests. It is rare that Dynamic Programming (DP) is not on par with problem solving in graph. To summarize, the biggest problem in graph algorithms is that they can become quite complex, especially for local specialists. It is rare that DP is paired with graph problems. However, we recognize that contestants must master the usage of the combined algorithms for solving the Max Cardinality Bipartite Matching (MCBM) problem. We have this section that covers the different algorithmic approaches for this problem to MCBM. The next section describes graph problems. While this section can get too heavy to work with bipartite graphs (it is still useful to do so), it is crucial to understand. The other graph problems discussed in this chapter – the Delaine Graph – do not have too many contest problems involving it nowadays. There are also general graph problems, but we rarely encounter them, e.g., Planar Graph, Complete Graph, etc. When they appeal, try to utilize their special properties to speed up your algorithms. Thus, this chapter encapsulates a lot of discussion regarding graph algorithms and graph problems that may be related to ICPCs, as many such as Hartals, Bipartite Matching, Stable Points, and Lin Erdős algorithm for Min Cost Arborescence problems, Tarjan's Offline and Common Ancestor (Hungarian) algorithm, Edmonds's Blossom Shrinking algorithm, and a few others. If you want to improve your standing in ACM ICPC finals, please spend some time to revisit the algorithms mentioned in this book. These are basic procedures you need in required contests and, if they are, they usually become the dividing boundary for solving graph problems as notable algorithmic problems you'd seek. We believe that the most graph materials in the 101 syllabi are already covered in this chapter. There are 20 UVA ( +30 others) programming exercises discussed in this chapter. - (Only 173 in the first edition, a 397% increase). - There are 49 pages in this chapter. - (Only 43 in the first edition, a 407% increase). “Interested readers are welcome to explore Flik's paper [12] that discusses maximum flow algorithms for large graphs of all minus vertices and 20 hidden edges.” #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 233 Context: ```markdown void backtrack(int col) { for (int tyrow = 0; tyrow < 8; tyrow++) { // try all possible rows if (can_place(tyrow, col)) { // if we can place a queen in this row and column row[col] = tyrow; // put this queen in this col and row printf("%d ", col); // #include (tyrow, row[col]) for (int j = 0; j < 8; j++) printf("%d ", row[j]); printf("\n"); } else { backtrack(col + 1); // recursively try next column } } } ## Exercise 3.2.1.5: Straightforward. Solution is not shown. ## Exercise 3.2.1.6: We will consider the two diagnosing tools. To further expand upon the solution, use limited techniques (algorithmic study of Boston data structures) discussed in Section 2.21. ## Exercise 3.4.1: We have 11850 as a load balancing problem. Sort input. Find the pattern. ## Exercise 3.4.1: Comment 0 -> Take the third model (cost 7); Comment 1 -> Take the first model (cost 10); Comment 2 -> Take the first model (cost 7); Nothing left. ## Exercise 3.5.1 and Exercise 3.5.1.5 ```cpp #include #include using namespace std; int main() { int i, j, T, M, C, cur, price[25][25]; // price[c][row][column] bool can_reach[210][210]; // can_reach table[210][maxy < 20] scanf("%d %d %d", &T, &M, &C); for (i = 0; i < T; i++) { scanf("%d", &price[i][0]); // to simplify coding, store in price[i][0] for (j = 1; j <= M; j++) { scanf("%d", &price[i][j]); // only using if each remaining state } } memset(can_reach, false, sizeof(can_reach)); // reset states for (i = 0; i < T; i++) { for (j = 0; j < 210; j++) { can_reach[i][j] = true; // flag the rest } } cur = 0; // key trick: swap active row } ``` ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 218 Context: # 8.2 PROBLEM DECOMPOSITION ## 1. UVA 11292 - "Word Fence" (binary search the answer + bipartite matching) ## 2. UVA 11546 - "Wish" (binary search the answer + greedy) ## 3. UVA 12949 - "Extreme Shopping Plan" (binary search the answer + greedy) ## 4. UVA 13037 - "Icarus Maximum" (Transforming) ## 5. UVA 15000 - "Involuntary Stopper" (Roundabout = binary search + greedy) ## 6. UVA 15461 - "Cycles" (binary search + DFS) ## 7. Two Components - Including DP in Edge Sums 1. UVA 00637 - "Circular" (similar to UVA 587, speed up with DP image sum) 2. UVA 10837 - "Robust Prime" (need to DP Range Sum Query) 3. UVA 12022 - "Palindromic Subsequences" (need DP Range Sum Query) 4. UVA 13061 - "Cone of Silence" (DP) 5. UVA 12189 - "SSSQ" (need DP Range Sum Query) ## 8. Two Components - SSSQ and DP 1. UVA 11071 - "A Walk Through the Forest" (running nails in DAG; DP) 2. UVA 11540 - "Disarmingly Simple" (DFS != TSP; simplify DP for backtracking) 3. UVA 11603 - "Rats for Rent" (DFS for trees + DP; keep track of the back in a "TSP") 4. UVA 11604 - "The Last Column" (DP's output adds DAG's output) 5. UVA 11605 - "Mini-Backpacking" (DP's + 1) 6. UVA 12991 - "The Liar" (Rat's formula + total run with MST) 7. UVA 13034 - "The Final Leg" (Backtrack + DFS + Segment Tree) 8. UVA 13158 - "Adieu Rockclimbing" (Dynamic + best approach) ## 9. UVA 13654 - "Reduced Rockclimbing" (SUV/SOL; MCMB) ## 10. UVA 13815 - "Ban. Pulled Shots" (accepted bid, DAG, DP Segment Tree) ## 11. UVA 14656 - "Reminiscence" (PS, GC, LYC) ## 12. UVA 14658 - "Restore Tutorial" (discussed in this section) ## 13. UVA 11696 - "Recover Prime" (see footer for the complete section) ## 14. UVA 14450 - "A Careful Approach" (We will Place Sockets in this chapter) --- "We can use the abbreviating path algorithm to compute the MCMB (see Section 4.7). Define the DP for the length of the longest query between nodes (u, l). The second DP evaluates the prefix for the DP to provide an upper bound on that route." "First, you have to hard the BMG for B FAs and SCs." "First, renew primes from the list and apply and redo the greedy how you done search." #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 99 Context: # 4.2 GRAPH TRAVERSAL © Steven & Felix - **Flood Fill / Filling Connected Components** 1. UVA 10920 - 12 Goin' on 30 (6 neighbors per pixel) 2. UVA 10339 - Season Wars (count number of connected components (CC)) 3. UVA 563 - Vertex of a Function (answer of a CC, discussion in this section) 4. UVA 10741 - Diner Dilemma (count number of CCs, similar to UVA 563) 5. UVA 11289 - The Big C (not the same "color" here) 6. UVA 10926 - I Can't Stop (replicating the "Grid" with the smallest area output) 7. UVA 10707 - Medians as a Regular Pattern (solve with inliers, format output) 8. UVA 12442 - Bouncing Ball (find and color the reachable nodes) 9. UVA 10291 - Grant's Coffee (similar to UVA 563) 10. UVA 10929 - A New Perspective (find and exit all reachable nodes) - **Topological Sort** 1. UVA 110 - Life is Good (realizing Orders (and backtracking to generate valid topmost)) 2. UVA 200 - Parentheses (similar to UVA 114, use backtracking) 3. UVA 10646 - Firing Up (topological algorithms discussed in this section) 4. UVA 11086 - Progress (master C - the unseen) 5. UVA 11088 - Pick Up Sticks (using backtracking) 6. Also see DP on simple(sparse) DAG problems (see Section 4.7.1) - **Bipartite Graph / Cluck** 1. UVA 10004 - Bicoloring (graphite graph) 2. UVA 11005 - Beloved Sequences (bipartite graph; take max(left, right)) 3. UVA 11200 - Place the Squares (4 quadratics, ensuring pieces are not outside SCC) 4. UVA 11660 - Class Composition (understanding it just like a logistic graph/branch) - **Finding Articulation Points / Bridges** 1. UVA 10002 - Network (finding articulation points) 2. UVA 10646 - Don’t Think (finding bridges) 3. UVA 11508 - Graphing (similar to UVA 1130) 4. UVA 11838 - Cake (check if the input graph is strongly connected) 5. UVA 10989 - Shift-Substitution (turn, SCC) *“There is either way to solve this problem, i.e., by finding the patterns.”* #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 258 Context: # INDEX **© Steven & Felix** UVa 10721 - Bar Codes, 69 UVa 10724 - Road Construction, 100 UVa 10723 - Tax Rates, 32 UVa 10725 - A Different Kind of Candies, 132 UVa 10731 - Timmy’s Interval, 135 UVa 10730 - Striking in Palindrome, 162 UVa 10726 - New Rule in Palindrome, 62 UVa 10740 - “One Time” – The Sequel, 107 UVa 10742 - Maximum Subsequence, 154 UVa 10743 - The Mad Mimeographer, 54 UVa 10744 - Dancer’s Puzzles, 15 UVa 10747 - Minimum Sum Lot, 128 UVa 10749 - The Circle Attack, 60 UVa 10750 - Not That Kind of Graph, 5 UVa 10748 - The Hopping, 5 UVa 10811 - Lumber Minimum, 100 UVa 10812 - The Wonderful Molecule, 207 UVa 10813 - Ultra QuickSort, 51 UVa 10814 - Big Spender, 16 UVa 10815 - Darts, 32 UVa 10816 - Recreational Bingo, 16 UVa 10817 - Amplify’s First Exercises, 28 UVa 10818 - How to Despair, 21 UVa 10819 - Trouble in Paradise, 24 UVa 10820 - The Golf Singularity, 21 UVa 10821 - Scaled & Plates, 86 UVa 10822 - Number of Paths, 154 UVa 10823 - Just like the Ones, 304 UVa 10824 - Occupation: Education, 26 UVa 10825 - Remoting Starts, 420 UVa 10826 - Use the Cable Wires, 130 UVa 10827 - Reverberation, 148 UVa 10828 - Sum the Digits, 124 UVa 10829 - Sherlock, 271 UVa 10830 - Decode the Tape, 4 UVa 10879 - Code Refactoring, 123 UVa 10880 - Coin and Prons, 25 UVa 10881 - Palindrome, 238 UVa 10882 - LCM Calculator, 118 UVa 10884 - Save Timmy’s, 59 UVa 10885 - Multiple Paths, 154 UVa 10886 - Knapsack Problem: Attack, 154 UVa 10887 - Trembling Destination, 367 UVa 10888 - Brute Forcing, 268 UVa 10889 - Pick-Guess-Sum, 15 UVa 10890 - Children’s games, 26 UVa 10891 - Largest Square, 66 UVa 10892 - Mark’s Distribution, 60 UVa 10893 - Simple Minded Shuffling, 620 UVa 10894 - Randomly Shuffled Handling, 69 UVa 10895 - Walking on a Grid, 112 UVa 10896 - Factorial Pattern, 155 UVa 10897 - A Walk Through the Result, 202 UVa 10898 - PIV, 12 UVa 10899 - Spiral Up, 44 UVa 10900 - The Pigeonhole, 154 UVa 10901 - A Set Function, 134 UVa 10902 - Flying K, 48 UVa 10903 - Counting Characters, 65 UVa 10904 - To Infinity and Beyond, 17 UVa 10905 - Relative prime numbers?, 124 UVa 10906 - A New Segment, 31 UVa 10907 - Spare Blasting, 286 UVa 10908 - A Marching Range, 2, 792 UVa 10909 - Inverse of a Priority Structure, 116 UVa 10910 - Fluency Check Away, 113 UVa 10911 - Graphing Together, 23 UVa 10912 - Number sort specimens, 37 UVa 10913 - Micro Chess, 57 UVa 10914 - Count of Paths, 94 UVa 10915 - The Starry Night, 14 UVa 10916 - Big Chocolate, 123 UVa 10917 - Hasty Move, 60 UVa 10918 - Wizard’s Party Magic, 25 UVa 10919 - Enchanted Forest, 94 UVa 10920 - Let’s Play a Game, 131 UVa 10921 - Sending email, 95 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 215 Context: # 8.2 PROBLEM DECOMPOSITION **Steven & Elric** This is clearly a TSP problem (see Section 3.5), but before we can do that, we have to first transform the input into a distance matrix. In this problem, we are interested in **‘a’** and **‘b’**. We give indices to the points (intersections) from **‘a’** to **‘b’**. Then we run BFS on this numbered implicit graph starting from each **‘a’** (by only stepping on cells labeled with **‘1’** and **‘0’**). This gives us the All-Pairs Shortest Path (APSP) distance matrix as shown in Section 3.3. After that, having the APSP distance matrix, we can run DP (see also Section 3.5) to obtain the answer. In the best case scenario, the TSP tour is: **0 -> 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> 5 -> 1 + 1 = 2**. ## 8.2.3 Two Components: Involving Graphs Some modern problems involving directed graphs deal with Strongly Connected Components (SCCs). One of the newer variants is the problem that requires all SCCs of the given directed graph to be contracted into fewer vertices (naming super vertices). Note that if the SCCs do not overlap, they can certainly look the same as a simple graph as in Example 1.2. You can read our discussion in Section 4.1. DAG is very suitable for DP techniques. ### Uva 11234 - The Largest Coin In such problems, the problem is short, about finding the biggest pair and its DM of contacted SCCs. Each super vertex we might represent the amount of original vertices that are contracted into that super vertex. ## 8.2.4 Two Components: Involving Mathematics In Section 3.1, the important fact for this problem, the underlying graphs do not need to be stored in any graph specific data structures. This is possible if we can derive the edges and nodes using the same rules. Uva 11710 - Number Transformation tends to be common. While these problems touch on exponential solutions in all mathematics, the main problem is actually a Single-Source Shortest Path (SSSP) problem in exponential graphs, leading to a graph that has a fixed purpose as a network structure, where the vertices represent the algorithm itself. If \( v \) is a prime number, it requires without target vertex \( w \) where \( v \) is prime factor of \( M \) by the execution of its phase of vertices. There is also the minimum number of transformations needed to transform \( M \) according to the problems. ## 8.2.5 Three Components: Prime Factors, DP, Binary Search **V**. 1158 - Fibonacci Relation can be elaborated as follows: "Given \( M \) the number of prime factors in \( N \), if \( x \) is the minimum phase factor of \( X \) (or \( 10^6 \)), this primes can be quite challenging. Hence it should be clear that the sum of the prime factors of \( M \) is \( p_1 + p_2 + ... + p_k = M \) where \( p_i \) is rate of \( M \) and follows that \( b_{p} = \text{number of prime factors of } M - 1 \) and follows pattern \( b = m+1 \) where it provides simple solutions. The second part of the solution should be to enumerate the number of prime factors of \( M \) by finding a path \( \text{Path}(F) = \{1, 2, ..., N\} \). Thus, \( N \) does. ## 8.2.6 Three Components: Complete Search, Binary Search, Greedy In this section, we address a recent top-level problem that combines three problems solving paradigms that are listed in Chapter 3, namely: Complete Search, Divide & Conquer (Binary Search), and Greedy! #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 237 Context: ```markdown ## Exercise 5.5.7.1 Statement 2 and 4 are not valid. The other 3 are valid. # Chapter 6 ## Exercise 6.21 In C, a string is stored as an array of characters terminated by null, for example `char str[30] = "Hello, world!";`. It is a good practice to declare any array slightly bigger than required to avoid "off by one" errors. To read the input line by line and concatenate them, use an input string like `string buf;`, then use `get(line);` or `getline(buf)`. Here is an example in string.h for string library: ```c size_t strlen(const char* str); ``` We append a space to the last word from one line if not accidentally combined with the first word of the next line. We keep repeating this process until `strlen(line) == 0`. ## Exercise 6.22 Finding a substring in a relatively short string (i.e., the standard string library, provided as a user binary function). We can use the `strstr` function, but no NULL list is found as in pod. If there are multiple possible substrings, we can use `strchr` to check if `substring` is at the beginning of the string or `strstr` to find the index of the first occurrence of substring within the string. ## Exercise 6.23 In many string processing tasks, we are required to iterate through every character in context. To store the characters in `std::vector`, we can use `toLower()` and `toUpper()` in C++ to convert a character to lower and upper case respectively. ## Exercise 6.24 Using `std::string` to tokenize strings is an alternative. We can then use STL's `string::find` to extract words. When looking for a particular character, we can use: ```c++ size_t pos = str.find("character"); ``` And if found, apply the necessary functions. ## Exercise 6.41 and Exercise 6.42 Run our sample code. Exercise 6.41 and Exercise 6.42: Regarding string alignment problems, read the problem statement and see what is the required cost for each: mismatch, insert, and delete. Adapt the algorithm accordingly. ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 9 Context: LearningandIntuitionWehaveallexperiencedthesituationthatthesolutiontoaproblempresentsitselfwhileridingyourbike,walkinghome,“relaxing”inthewashroom,wakingupinthemorning,takingyourshoweretc.Importantly,itdidnotappearwhilebang-ingyourheadagainsttheprobleminaconsciousefforttosolveit,staringattheequationsonapieceofpaper.Infact,Iwouldclaim,thatallmybitsandpiecesofprogresshaveoccuredwhiletakingabreakand“relaxingoutoftheproblem”.Greekphilosopherswalkedincircleswhenthinkingaboutaproblem;mostofusstareatacomputerscreenallday.Thepurposeofthischapteristomakeyoumoreawareofwhereyourcreativemindislocatedandtointeractwithitinafruitfulmanner.Mygeneralthesisisthatcontrarytopopularbelief,creativethinkingisnotperformedbyconsciousthinking.Itisratheraninterplaybetweenyourcon-sciousmindwhopreparestheseedstobeplantedintotheunconsciouspartofyourmind.Theunconsciousmindwillmunchontheproblem“outofsight”andreturnpromisingroadstosolutionstotheconsciousness.Thisprocessiteratesuntiltheconsciousminddecidestheproblemissufficientlysolved,intractableorplaindullandmovesontothenext.Itmaybealittleunsettlingtolearnthatatleastpartofyourthinkinggoesoninapartofyourmindthatseemsinaccessibleandhasaverylimitedinterfacewithwhatyouthinkofasyourself.Butitisun-deniablethatitisthereanditisalsoundeniablethatitplaysaroleinthecreativethought-process.Tobecomeacreativethinkeroneshouldhowlearntoplaythisgamemoreeffectively.Todoso,weshouldthinkaboutthelanguageinwhichtorepresentknowledgethatismosteffectiveintermsofcommunicationwiththeunconscious.Inotherwords,whattypeof“interface”betweenconsciousandunconsciousmindshouldweuse?Itisprobablynotagoodideatomemorizeallthedetailsofacomplicatedequationorproblem.Insteadweshouldextracttheabstractideaandcapturetheessenceofitinapicture.Thiscouldbeamoviewithcolorsandothervii #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 15 Context: # List of Figures 1.1 Illustration of UVa 10011 - Forming Quiz Teams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.2 UVa Online Judge and ACM ICPC Live Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 1.3 USACO Training Gateway and Sphere Online Judge . . . . . . . . . . . 18 1.4 Some references that inspired the authors to write this book . . . . . . 26 2.1 Examples of Bar (Left) and (Max) Heap (Right) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 2.2 Example of Various Graph Representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 2.3 Uniquely-Fixed Disjoint Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 2.4 Significant Tree Array (n = 8, 7, 5, 3, 1, 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 2.5 Updating Array A to T (3, 1, 5, 10, 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 2.6 Example of a Permutation Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 3.1 8-Queens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 3.2 UVa 10026 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 3.3 Visualization of UVa 470 - Robots on Ice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 3.4 My Ancestor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 3.5 Visualization of UVa 410 - State Balance . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 3.6 UVa 410 - Observation 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 3.7 UVa 410 - Observation 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 3.8 UVa 10432 - Weather Grass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 3.9 Bottom-Up DP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 3.10 Longest Increasing Subsequence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 3.11 Coin Change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 3.12 TSP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 4.1 Sample Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 4.2 Examination of BFS (from UVa 336 [26]) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 4.3 Example of Depth on DAG . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 4.4 Animation of DFS with Dots and Edges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 4.5 Introducing Two More DFS Attributes: `first` and `last` . . . . . . 85 4.6 Finding Bridges, Pivots, and Strongly Connected Components (SCC) . . 87 4.7 An Example of an MST Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 4.8 Animating Kruskal's Algorithm for an MST Problem . . . . . . . . . . 90 4.9 Form to edit P's: `MST`, `Maximum` `ST`, `Partial Minimum` `ST`, `MST Forest` . . . . . . . . . 91 4.10 Finding the Second Best Spanning Tree from the MST . . . . . . . 87 4.11 2-Vertex Weight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 4.12 Beldham Ford's can detect the presence of negative cycle (from UVa 558 [28]) . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 80 Context: ```markdown # 3.5 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING ### Steven & Felix Example: \( N = 3 \), \( V = [10, 15, 7] \), \( W = [12, 10, 5] \) If we select item 1 (weight 10 and value 15), we cannot take any other item. We get 100. If we select item 2 (value 12 and weight 12), we cannot take anything else. This is the maximum. Solution: 1. There are many overlapping sub-problems in this 0/1 Knapsack problem, but there are only \( O(N^2) \) possible states that arise from their combined values. 2. Note: The top-down version of the DP solution is faster than the bottom-up version. This is because that all states are initially visited. Remember: Top-down DP only visits the required states whereas bottom-up DP visits all declared states. Both versions are shown in our example codes. **Example Codes:** [cs107/Lab10310.cpp](cs107/Lab10310.cpp), [cs107/Lab10310.java](cs107/Lab10310.java) --- # 4. Coin Change (CC) - The General Version Problem: Given a target amount \( V \) created and a list of denominations \( D \) values, we have coins in denominations from type \( 0 \) to \( n-1 \). What is the minimum number of coins we need to form \( V \)? Assume that there are unlimited supplies of coins of every type. ### Example 1: - \( V = 10 \), \( N = 2 \), denominations = \([1]\): - A. One coin's value = 1 - B. Total coins used = 10 ### Example 2: - \( V = 7 \), \( N = 4 \), denominations = \([1, 3, 4]\): - Solution: Use the Complete Knapsack resource change(value) which yields the current result (denominations and coins). ### Strategy: 1. **Change(0)** = 0: base cases. 2. **Change(1)** = 1: 1 coin of 1. 3. **Change(2)** = 2: 2 coins of 1. 4. **Change(3)** = 1: 1 coin of 3. 5. **Change(4)** = 1: 1 coin of 4. The answer in change(10) is, since \( 1 \) is larger than \( 7 \) > \( 5 \), the DP solution is not feasible even with space-saving tricks. ![Figure 3.11: Coin Change](path/to/figure3_11.png) *Note that \( N \) is large such that \( N > 3.5 \) but the DP solution is not feasible even with space-saving tricks.* ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 145 Context: ``` # 5.4 Combinatorics Combinatorics is a branch of discrete mathematics concerning the study of countable discrete structures. In programming contexts, problems involving combinatorics are usually titled "How Many (Object(s), Count (Object), etc.," although some problem-setters choose to hide this first from their problem list. The solution could be intuitively direct, but finding the (recursively) formula takes some mathematical subtleties and patterns. In ICP3, if a problem pertains to the given problem set, ask one team member to derive a solution. Be sure to examine the entire context of one problem, since the usually direct formula may not exist. When interpreting however, remember that combinatorial numbers usually relate to recursive methods, which brings us to the Fibonacci numbers. ## 5.4.1 Fibonacci Numbers Leonard Fibonacci's numbers are defined as \( f(0) = 0 \), \( f(1) = 1 \), and \( f(n) = f(n - 1) + f(n - 2) \) for \( n \geq 2 \). This generates the following familiar patterns: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, and so on. This pattern sometimes appears in some context besides the notion of the term "Fibonacci" at all, like in some problems known as variants (see UVA 10934, 10334, 10940, 10892, etc.). We usually derive the Fibonacci numbers with a "trial" (brute) technique and not implement the unique solution directly (as it is slower). However, the \( O(n) \) solution is not the slowest. The linear recursion seldom will allow us to compute Fibonacci numbers in iterations. For a classic example, we can compute the exact integer \( F(n) \) for \( n \) (optionally via \( (1 + \sqrt{5})/2 \)). However, this is not accurate for later Fibonacci numbers. ### Exercise 5.4.1 Given your calculations, verify \( f(n) = \sqrt{5} \), try with small \( n \) values and check if this matches \( f(n) \): 1, 3, 5, 8. Here are some programming exercises related to Fibonacci Numbers: - **UVA 1003** - Critical Mass (related to Fibonacci series) - **UVA 1005** - Hacker's Numbers (Zekeroinder-based greedy, Blightger) - **UVA 1006** - Prime Fibonacci Numbers (the primes in this set) - **UVA 1007** - Fibonacci-based (Zekeroinder representation, greedy, Blightger) - **UVA 1008** - Fibonacci Tree (Fine-tune the first index for nth member, Blightger) > **Note**: The Fibonacci numbers can refer to structures that resemble the sequence: \( f_1 = 1, f_2 = 1, f_3 = 2, f_4 = 3, f_5 = 5, \dots \). ``` #################### File: A%20First%20Encounter%20with%20Machine%20Learning%20-%20Max%20Welling%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 34 Context: 22CHAPTER5.NEARESTNEIGHBORSCLASSIFICATIONfigureoutthelabelofatest-casewesimplylookaroundandseewhatlabelsourneighborshave.Askingyourclosestneighborislikebettingallyourmoneyonasinglepieceofadviceandyoumightgetreallyunluckyifyourclosestneighborhappenstobeanodd-one-out.It’stypicallybettertoaskseveralopinionsbeforemakingyourdecision.However,ifyouasktoomucharoundyouwillbeforcedtoaskadvicefromdata-casesthatarenolongerverysimilartoyou.Sothereissomeoptimalnumberofneighborstoask,whichmaybedifferentforeveryproblem.Determiningthisoptimalnumberofneighborsisnoteasy,butwecanagainusecrossvalidation(section??)toestimateit.SowhatisgoodandbadaboutkNN?First,it’ssimplicitymakesitattractive.Veryfewassumptionsaboutthedataareusedintheclassificationprocess.Thispropertycanalsobeadisadvantage:ifyouhavepriorknowledgeabouthowthedatawasgenerated,itsbettertouseit,becauselessinformationhastobeex-tractedfromthedata.Asecondconsiderationiscomputationtimeandmemoryefficiency.Assumeyouhaveaverylargedataset,butyouneedtomakedecisionsveryquickly.Asanexample,considersurfingtheweb-pagesofAmazone.com.Wheneveryousearchforabook,itlikestosuggest10others.Todothatitcouldclassifybooksintocategoriesandsuggestthetoprankedinthatcategory.kNNre-quiresAmazonetostoreallfeaturesofallbooksatalocationthatisaccessibleforfastcomputation.Moreover,toclassifykNNhastodotheneighborhoodsearcheverytimeagain.Clearly,therearetricksthatcanbeplayedwithsmartindexing,butwouldn’titbemucheasierifwewouldhavesummarizedallbooksbyasim-pleclassificationfunctionfθ(X),that“spitsout”aclassforanycombinationoffeaturesX?Thisdistinctionbetweenalgorithms/modelsthatrequirememorizingeverydata-itemdataisoftencalled“parametric”versus“non-parametric”.It’simpor-tanttorealizethatthisissomewhatofamisnomer:non-parametricmodelscanhaveparameters(suchasthenumberofneighborstoconsider).Thekeydistinc-tionisratherwetherthedataissummarizedthroughasetofparameterswhichtogethercompriseaclassificationfunctionfθ(X),orwhetherweretainallthedatatodotheclassification“onthefly”.K #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 42 Context: ``` # 2.2 DATA STRUCTURES WITH BUILT-IN LIBRARIES © Steven & Felix ## C++ STL stack (Java Stack) 1. ULA 0012 - Status of Pile/Stack (Ada, pararch writing) 2. ULA 0013 - Vector/Array/ Pointers (shifting, attack) 3. ULA 0014 - Balise (Basic & Details) 4. ULA 0015 - Pushing a Node onto Stack (basic, classic) 5. ULA 0016 - Popping a Node off Stack (basic, classic) 6. ULA 0017 - Traversal (basic with the linked list problem) 7. ULA 0019 - Stack Pushing (knit to stack to simulate the process) 8. ULA 0020 - Stack Popping (a basic stack using the existing styles) 9. ULA 0011 - Conditional Materialness (basic matching with stock traits) Also see stack-related resources (implicitly). ## C++ STL queue (Java Queue) 1. ULA 0062 - Queue (modified 'queue') 2. ULA 1079 - Tree Lowsome Clango – (simulation with both queue and stack) 3. ULA 1099 - Lying Tree Loading (1) – (simulation with queues) 4. ULA 1111 - Furry and Sandy Lying (1) – (simulation with queues) 5. ULA 1110 - Hotter (possible ticket ‘sailing window’; double-ended queue/degree) 6. ULA 2201 - Padded Intuition (another possible ticket/window/double-ended queue/degree) 7. ULA 2213 - Standard inside BPS (see Section 4.2.3) ## 2.2 Non-Linear Data Structures For some problems, there are better ways to organize the data than storing the data linearly. With efficient structures, you can speed up the algorithms used for searching through the data. This is especially useful when data is large and requires C++ stack settings for sequential search. - **Balanced Binary Search Tree (BST): C++ STL set/ queue/ Tree/Tree** - BST is a tree data structure in which each node has at most two children. The left subtree of a node contains only nodes with values less than the node’s value, and the right subtree only nodes with values greater than the node’s value. The left and right subtree each must also be a binary search tree. (See Figure 2.1.) Allows O(log n) insertion, searching, and deletion. Not only does this allow for BST to be balanced, but this also works if the BST is balanced. ![Examples of BST (Left) and (Max) Heap (Right)](link_to_image) Implementing a **self-balancing BST** like the Adelson-Velskii Lands (AVL) or Red-Black tree helps to ensure that the tree remains approximately balanced. The heights of the two subtrees of any node differ by at most one. Rebalancing acts as performed (when necessary) during insertion and deletions to maintain the property. ``` #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 214 Context: # 8.2 PROBLEM DECOMPOSITION ## Steven & Elic The rest of this write-up is a detailed solution to UVA 714 - Copying Books. This problem can be solved with binary search using the answer technique plus Greedy algorithms. ### Abbreviated Problem Description: You are given `n` books with page numbers \( p_1, p_2, \ldots, p_n \) that may be assigned to each of them. Your task is to assign these books using \( k \) shelves. Each shelf can be assigned to a single book, and every shelf must get a continuous segment of books. That is, there exists an increasing succession of numbers \( b_1 < b_2 < \cdots < b_k \) such that the shelf \( b_i \) is assigned the book with \( p_i \) pages. Now, you want to determine: "What is the minimum maximum number of pages read?" There exists a Dynamic Programming solution for this problem (\( n \leq 500 \)), but this problem can be effectively solved by guessing the answer in binary search followed by checking if the answer is feasible. #### If we guess \( x \) as a possible answer, we can assign the jobs as follows: \( (200, 300, 400, 500) \) for certain \( i \) values. We can specify to book 1, 2, and still have book 3 at \( (300, 400) \) and potential. Therefore, the answer must be larger! The analysis of binary-searchable function \( f_n \) is where \( f_n = \min_{k \in {1, \ldots, n}} f(k, n) \). If we attempt to imitate a bike path book's body and \( n = h = P(k, n) \) (for pages in books). --- ### 8.2.2 Two Components: SSSP and DP In this section, we want to highlight a problem where SSSP is one of the components and DP is the other component. The SSSP is usually used to transform the input (usually an implicitly directed into another (external) graph). Thus we introduce Dynamic Programming as the second (usually smaller) graph. We use UVA 1007 - Blackhole and The APS Database Matrix Implicit Graph. | Implicit Graph | Largest x with y | |----------------|------------------| | 1 | 2 3 1 1 0 2 2 3 1| | 1 | 0 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1| | 2 | 3 4 1 4 0 1 1 1 0| | 2 | 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2| The given graph from the problem is shown on the left. This is 'map' of an island. Blackboard has just finished at this island at position labeled with a '3'. He has started at top to treasure in this island. The treasures are labeled with numbers from 1 up to 10 treasures in this island. Blackboard has to stay in at least 4 unique ships. There are eight ships available. Blackboard wants to gather all his treasures and go back to his ship. He can only walk on land cells and not on water cells. 198 #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 149 Context: # 5.5 Number Theory Marketing as many topics as possible in the field of number theory is important as some mathematics allows for direct applications (or at least if you know the theory behind the problems). Otherwise, either a promising route from attack leads to a TLE response or you simply cannot work with the given input as it is too large without some pre-processing. ## 5.5.1 Prime Numbers A natural number starting from \(2\) (i.e., \(2, 3, 4, \ldots\)) is considered as a prime if it is only divisible by \(1\) or itself. The first and the only even prime is \(2\). The next prime numbers are \(3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, \ldots\) and infinitely many more primes (from [3]). There are \(25\) primes in range \([0, 100]\), \(1,000\) primes in \([0, 79,100]\\), \(1,229,360\) primes in \([0, 10^6]\), etc. Some larger prime numbers are: \(10,729, 121573, 14947207, 171426337, 1999999993\). Prime number is an important topic in number theory and the source for many programming tasks. In this section, we will discuss algorithms involving prime numbers. ## Optimized Prime Testing Function The first algorithm presented in this section is for testing whether a given natural number \(N\) is prime. Let us denote \(i \text{ and } 1\). The most naive version is to test by division, i.e., test if \(N\) is divisible by divisor \(i \in \{2, \ldots, \sqrt{N}\}\). This of course works, but is in \(O(N)\) in terms of number of divisions. This is not the best way and there are several proven prime testing methods. The first improvement is to test if \(N\) is divisible by \(2\). If \(N\) is even, we stop when we already saw that \(N\) is not prime if \(N\) is divisible by \(2\). Now, if \(N\) is odd, we can implement some improvement as follows. The code is shown in the next section. This method improves the test if \(N\) is divisible by other odd numbers up to \(\sqrt{N}\). The basic idea behind approach \(P\) which is actually good enough for most outputs possible to test \(N\) in case it is large enough is \(O(\sqrt{N})\), which has no problem even for larger solution complexity of \(N\). The task becomes clearer when we implement a lower-level function \(P\) based on \(O(\sqrt{N})\) which is the most efficient method. This is because it pairs numbers and counts odd numbers. That is factor \(O(N)\) which is about \(O(\sqrt{N})\). ## Service of Extractors: Generating List of Prime Numbers If we want to generate a list of prime numbers in range \([0, N]\), there is a better algorithm based on the Sieve of Eratosthenes: 1. Start from a list that includes all the integers in the range \(2, \ldots, N\). 2. Assume that all numbers are prime and iteratively mark the multiples of each prime number. The algorithm is as follows: - First, it initializes the range to discover prime candidates from \(2\) all the way to \( \left \lfloor \sqrt{N} \right \rfloor\). - Then, it takes a prime and removes all multiples starting from \(3\) as \(3 \times 2, 3 \times 3, \ldots\). 3. The remaining integers are the prime numbers. This is guaranteed to find all primes in a given range efficiently. #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 78 Context: # 3.5 DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING © Steven & Felix The LIS problem can be solved in output-sensitive \( O(n \log L) \) (where \( L \) is the length of the LIS) instead of \( O(n^2) \) by maintaining the LIS as it is updated and we can modify our algorithm's linking points to control the last value of the current LIS segment. The key strategy is to maintain each unique index as we maximize our conditions and size. - Initially, \( L = 0 \), we have \( A = (-\infty) \) - We can insert \( A[0] = 10 \) so that we have a longer LIS \( A = [-7, 10] \) - We can insert \( A[1] = 8 \) so that we have a longer LIS \( A = [-7, 8] \) - We can insert \( A[2] = 15 \) so that we have a longer LIS \( A = [-7, 8, 15] \) - For \( A[3] = 5 \), we can replace \( A[1] \) so that we have \( A = [-7, 5, 15] \) - For \( A[4] = 6 \), we can replace \( A[2] \) so that we have \( A = [-7, 5, 6] \) This process continues as \( A[5] = 3 \) so that we have a longer LIS \( A = [-7, 3, 6] \). Example code (Longest Increasing Subsequence): [GitHub](https://github.com/UVa/UVa231.java) ## 2. Max Sum Abstraction problem statement of UVA 108 - Maximum Sum: Given an \( n \times n \) ( \( 1 \leq n \leq 5 \times 10^5 \) ) square matrix of integers, extract from it a submatrix with the maximum sum. Example: The 4 x 4 matrix in (4.1 Table 3.3) below has a 3 x 2 submatrix with the lower-bound maximum sum of 15 (i.e., \( [5, 2, 3] \)). There is also another 4 x 3 submatrix with larger sum. | | | | | |---|---|---|---| | -1 | -2 | -3 | 4 | | -5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | | -9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Table 3.3 UVa 108 - Maximum Sum Attacking this problem naïvely using brute force does not work as it needs \( O(n^6) \). For the problem, we can use \( O(n^3) \) algorithms to solve. ```python maxSum = -127*100 + 100; // the lowest possible value for this problem for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { for (int j = 0; j < j; j++) { // starting point for (int b = 0; b < n; b++) { for (int d = j; d < j; d++) { // end point // the answer is here } } } } ``` The DP can also leverage on submatrices and its sum computation involves overlapping submatrices! #################### File: Competitive%20Programming%2C%202nd%20Edition%20-%20Steven%20Halim%20%28PDF%29.pdf Page: 54 Context: # 2.4 Chapter Notes Basic data structures mentioned in Section 2.2 can be found in almost every data structure and algorithm textbook. References to the libraries are available online at [opencourse.org](http://opencourse.org) and [java.sun.com/javaref/docs/api](http://java.sun.com/javaref/docs/api). Note that although these reference websites are usually given in programming courses, we suggest that you try to master the syntax of the most common library operations at the same time during the actual course! An exception to this pertains to the significance of **Bacon** (a bitmap). This unusual data structure is important for computer programmers as it plays a significant role in programming, particularly in data structures and algorithms. Refer to [Section 3.2](#3.2) for DP (Text Section 4.1). All of these data structures can lead to concepts such as **“Barker’s Delight”** and thus should be manipulated. Extra references for data structures mentioned in Section 2.2 are as follows: For Graph data structures, see [2] and Chapter 22 of [3]. For Turing Finds, see [4]. Review the text [3] for appropriate examples by looking at some sample codes; you will master more tools in this area. The data structures presented in this book are the following: - **Suffix Tree/Tree/Array** in Section 6. Yet, there are still many other data structures that you must explore. If you want to dive into programming deeper, please study data structures beyond what you present in this book. For example, **AVL Tree**, **Red-Black Tree**, or **Play Tree** are useful for certain coding problems where you need to implement and manage the data efficiently. Notice that much of the data structures shown in this book have the spirit of **Divide and Conquer** (learned in Section 3.3). There are **117 UIs** (7 + others) programming exercises discussed in this chapter. (Only 48 in the first edition, a 1995 version.) There are **128 pages** in this chapter. (Only 12 in the first edition, a 505th version.) ## Profile of Data Structure Inventors **Richard Bayer** (born 1939) has been Professor (emeritus) of Informatics at the Technical University of Munich. He invented the Red-Black (RB) tree which is typically used in C++ STL, ajax, and other programming languages. **Eugene A. Rodionov-Valdost** (born 1923) is a Soviet mathematician and computer scientist, along with Mikhail Kolesnikov, they invented the AVL tree in 1962. **Eybalnik Zibekovic Lands** (1921-1997) was a Soviet mathematician. The name AVL tree is the abbreviation for their two inventors, Adelson-Velsky and Landis himself. **Peter M. Fewrick** is a Honorary Associate Professor in the University of Auckland. He invented Binary Heaps for use in data structures, and his experience made programming efficient and easy to understand. His great influence on programming has contributed to material for efficient yet easy to implement data structure by his inclusion in the 101 syllables [10]. ########## """QUERY: You are a super intelligent assistant. Please answer all my questions precisely and comprehensively. 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Ich habe Zugriff auf die Wissensbasis "test 11.18", die die Bücher "A First Encounter with Machine Learning" von Max Welling und "Competitive Programming, 2nd Edition" von Steven Halim und Felix Halim enthält. Hier sind ein paar Themen, die Sie vielleicht interessieren könnten: * **Machine Learning Grundlagen:** 🤖 Was ist Machine Learning? Wie funktioniert es? Welche Arten von Machine Learning gibt es? * **Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen:** 💻 Welche Algorithmen und Datenstrukturen sind wichtig für Competitive Programming? Wie kann ich meine Programmierfähigkeiten verbessern? * **Competitive Programming Tipps:** 🏆 Wie kann ich mich auf Programmierwettbewerbe vorbereiten? Welche Strategien gibt es, um erfolgreich zu sein? * **UVA Online Judge:** 💻 Welche Aufgaben gibt es im UVA Online Judge? Wie kann ich meine Lösungen testen und verbessern? * **Ad Hoc Probleme:** 🤔 Was sind Ad Hoc Probleme? Wie kann ich sie lösen? * **Mathematik in der Informatik:** 🧮 Welche mathematischen Konzepte sind wichtig für die Informatik? Wie kann ich sie in Programmieraufgaben anwenden? * **String Processing:** 🔤 Welche Techniken gibt es für die Verarbeitung von Strings? Wie kann ich sie in Programmieraufgaben anwenden? * **Geometrie in der Informatik:** 📐 Welche geometrischen Konzepte sind wichtig für die Informatik? Wie kann ich sie in Programmieraufgaben anwenden? Was möchten Sie sich aus dieser Liste genauer ansehen? ================================================== **Elapsed Time: 0.74 seconds** ==================================================