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7 months ago+ 0 comments

https://zeroplusfour.com/maximizing-mission-points-hackerrank-solution/

Here's how I did in all languages Java 8 , C++ , C , Python 3, Python 2.

12 months ago+ 0 comments

I used quadtree in c . I got timeout for testcase 8,9,10 . Is it slow if I compare 260 neighbours on an average for a point ?

2 years ago+ 3 comments

//Pranet Verma
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int MAXN = 200000;
const long long INF = 1e15;

long long tree[MAXN * 4];

void makeTree() {
    for (int i = 1; i < MAXN * 4; ++i) {
        tree[i] = -INF;
    }
}
void update(int x, long long val, int u = 1, int l = 1, int r = MAXN) {
    if (l == r) {
        tree[u] = val;
        return;
    }
    int m = (l + r) / 2;
    if (x <= m) {
        update(x, val, 2 * u, l, m);
    }
    else {
        update(x, val, 2 * u + 1, m + 1, r);
    }
    tree[u] = max(tree[2 * u], tree[2 * u + 1]);
}

long long query(int x, int y, int u = 1, int l = 1, int r = MAXN) {
    if (x > r or y < l) {
        return -INF;
    }
    if (x <= l and r <= y) {
        return tree[u];
    }
    int m = (l + r) / 2;
    return max(query(x, y, 2 * u, l, m), query(x, y, 2 * u + 1, m + 1, r));
}

struct Point {
    int x, y, z, w;
    long long dp;
    bool operator < (const Point &o) const {
        return z < o.z;
    }
};
Point p[MAXN + 1];
long long DP[MAXN + 1];
int X_LIM, Y_LIM;
void merge(int l, int r) {
    int m = (l + r) / 2;

    vector<pair<int, int> > left;
    vector<pair<int, int> > right;
    for (int i = l; i <= m; ++i) {
        left.push_back({p[i].x, p[i].z});
    }       
    for (int i = m + 1; i <= r; ++i) {
        right.push_back({p[i].x, p[i].z});
    }
    sort(left.begin(), left.end());
    sort(right.begin(), right.end());

    int left_l = 0;
    int left_r = -1;
    for (auto u : right) {
        int i = u.second;
        int x = u.first;
        while (left_r + 1 < left.size() and left[left_r + 1].first - x <= X_LIM) {
            ++left_r;
            int who = left[left_r].second;
            update(p[who].y, p[who].dp);            
        }
        while (left_l < left.size() and x - left[left_l].first > X_LIM) {
            int who = left[left_l].second;
            update(p[who].y, -INF);
            ++left_l;
        }
        int yLow = max(1, p[i].y - Y_LIM);
        int yHigh = min(MAXN, p[i].y + Y_LIM);
        p[i].dp = max(p[i].dp, p[i].w + query(yLow, yHigh));
    } 
    while (left_l <= left_r) {
        int who = left[left_l].second;
        update(p[who].y, -INF);
        ++left_l;
    }
}
void solve(int l, int r) {
    if (l == r) {
        p[l].dp = max(p[l].dp, (long long)p[l].w);
        return;
    }
    int m = (l + r) / 2;
    solve(l, m);
    merge(l, r);
    solve(m + 1, r);
}
int main() {
    makeTree();
    int n;
    scanf("%d %d %d", &n, &X_LIM, &Y_LIM); 
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        scanf("%d %d %d %d", &p[i].x, &p[i].y, &p[i].z, &p[i].w);
        p[i].dp = -INF;
    }
    sort(p, p + n);
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        p[i].z = i;
    }
    solve(0, n - 1);
    long long ans = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
        ans = max(ans, p[i].dp);
    }
    printf("%lld\n", ans);
}

4 years ago+ 1 comment

Very neat little problem! I'll try to give a few hints without giving too much away. Btw, I used a somewhat different approach to the editorial - so there're definitely more than 1 way to tackle this.

1) There's a definite DP feeling to this problem (Editorial talks about this explicitly). I started by formulating a very straighforward O(N^2) approach.

2) Next step was to take O(N^2) to something better. It quickly became apparent that if I could find points on the plant faster than O(N), say O(LogN) - I'd resepectively improve the overall asymptotic.

3) Luckly I was already faimilar with KD-trees, Oct-trees and the like. I chose Quad-tree for this problem due to the following (hints): a) Simple and compact implementation b) LogN updates..This is what swayed the decision. c) LogN quries. This is shared with other "binary" data structures and is not what swayed the decision.

4) Whilst quad-tree is LogN update/query, often enought we need to ask quesitons about all points. If done naively that degenerates to O(N) even with quad tree. However, if we keep track of the desired propeties in every tree node - and only recurse when we need to - this becomes desired LogN again.

5) Last step was needed only to pass the last test (I saw someone else in the discussion also getting 63 points and not 70 due to timeouts). Whilst the bound on q-tree is LogN - there're just too many of those quries. We can improve on 4) by only recursing when we know the recursive call might be able to improve the result. This aggressively culls useless branches from the quadtree ontop of the already good LogN time.

4 years ago+ 0 comments

Did they change somehow timeout constraint for C++? I think I am well under 2 secs but last 3 test cases still timeout... Can someone, who solved this challenge already, reupload the old solution and see if it still gets accepted?

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