Why can't we keep removing the minimum element each time and compare it with x? This should take O(k) time since in a Min heap, the minimum element can be removed in O(1) time? Am I missing something?
On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 8:43 AM, atul anand <atul.87fri...@gmail.com> wrote: > O(k) in the worst-case , then i guess it would better to use > median-of median algo to find element at rank k. and comparing with x. > > or > we can us hashtable to solve this. > > On Tue, Dec 13, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Ankur Garg <ankurga...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Given an array-based heap on n elements and a real number x, efficiently >> determine whether the kth smallest element in the heap is greater than or >> equal to x. Your algorithm should be O(k) in the worst-case, independent of >> the size of the heap. >> >> >> This question was also asked in Amazon >> >> -- >> 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.
