actually i wanted to know what approach the problem setter is using, since this problem is NP hard so optimal solution is not always possible.
On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 7:20 PM, sunny agrawal <sunny816.i...@gmail.com>wrote: > This is a challenge problem > and you don't need to find a best solution for each case, optimal > solutions are acceptable if they satisfy the problem constraints > for this problem the constraint is cuts should be made so that both > are able to eat equal no of each available ingredient > > Examples: > Lets take the last testcase > > 8 > 500 400 2 400 500 500 2 500 > > in this testcase as you can see if cuts are made like > 500 400 2 | 400 | 500 | 500 2 500 > Jack | Jill | Jack| Jill > so using only 3 cuts we can divide this so that both get same and > equal no of each type of available ingredients > > Scoring for this problem is done depending upon how many cuts your > program outputs relative to others > > On Wed, Nov 2, 2011 at 6:17 PM, shady <sinv...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > Can anyone what is being done here ? This is a question > http://www.codechef.com/JAN11/problems/SPLIT/ from Codechef. I have read > the editorials, but that didn't help. > > http://www.codechef.com/download/Solutions/2011/January/Setter/Split.cpp > > > > -- > > 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. > > > > -- > Sunny Aggrawal > B.Tech. V year,CSI > Indian Institute Of Technology,Roorkee > > -- > 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.
