This will take more time than mine... Mine will be very fast as we are exiting if the least sum is outside "n"
On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:56 PM, yv paramesh <yv.param...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > a <--- 3Km --->b<--- 5Km --->c<--- 2Km --->d<--- 6Km -->e > > lets arry be 3,5,2,6,8,10,16,7,13,8 it can be any order... > > higest value is 16 ie total distance. > > now chose pairs whose sum equals to 16 > 3,13 > 6,10 > 8,8 > > now we come to know the distance of point for either from a or e > > If we are able to arrange these pairs we can calculate distances. > > let start with pair 3,13 since 3 is least value among pairs. > diference of 3,6 is 3 and 3 is not in remaining list . so 10 is point > from same end > differnce of 3,8 is 5 it is in remainig list so 8 is point from same end. > > so it is 0 3 8 10 16 > > diffrence is 3 5 2 6 > > --paramesh > > > On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 6:00 PM, sachin sharma <sachin.bles...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> >> What about this: >> >> First you have the list of distances between two milestones. Let’s form a >> table >> >> Start milestone >> >> End Milestone >> >> Distances >> >> A1 >> >> A0 >> >> 7 >> >> A0 >> >> A3 >> >> 10 >> >> A1 >> >> A2 >> >> 5 >> >> A2 >> >> A3 >> >> 2 >> >> A0 >> >> A2 >> >> 8 >> >> A0 >> >> A1 >> >> 3 >> >> >> >> I have taken above variable A0, A1, A2, A3 for a, b, c, d respectively. >> Now we sort the first column. If we find two entries same then sort also on >> based on second column. >> >> After processing you will get the following table >> >> Start milestone >> >> End Milestone >> >> Distances >> >> A0 >> >> A1 >> >> 3 >> >> A0 >> >> A2 >> >> 8 >> >> A0 >> >> A3 >> >> 10 >> >> A1 >> >> A0 >> >> 7 >> >> A1 >> >> A2 >> >> 5 >> >> A2 >> >> A3 >> >> 2 >> >> >> >> When you get this table: >> >> 1) Start with A0 and search for next milestone which is A1. Add this >> to your milestone list or just print. >> >> 2) Move to A1 in the first column and add the first entry which does >> not contains previously visited milestone. That is A2 whose distance is 5. >> You cannot add A1-A0 since it is already visited. >> >> 3) Repeat the above process till the end of list in table. Now >> following this step you come to A2 and you add A3 in the milestone list >> whose distance is 2. >> >> 4) Now you get the list of milestone…and distances. Output you get >> is 3-5-2 or 2-5-3. >> >> I hope this will work. >> >> >> >> Best Wishes >> Sachin Sharma | Software Trainee | Information Mosaic >> New York | Dublin | London | Luxembourg | New Delhi | Singapore | >> Melbourne | >> e-mail: sachinku...@informationmosaic.com >> Web:www.informationmosaic.com<http://www.informationmosaic.com/> | t: >> www.twitter.com/infomosaic >> Winner 2009 Banking Technology Readers' Choice Award for Best Corporate >> Actions Automation Solution >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Algorithm Geeks" group. To post to this group, send email to algogeeks@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to algogeeks+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
