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Expected number of times heapify will be called

I need to analyze the time complexity of an algorithm to keep track of minimum $K$ numbers from a stream of $R$ numbers . The algorithm is ...
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Locate an index with a recursive approach

Given an array of n integers $A [0 \ldots n-1]$, such that $∀ i, 0 ≤ i ≤ n$, we have that $|A [i]-A [i +1] | ≤ 1$, and if $A [0] = x$, $A [n-1] = y$, we have that $x <y$. Locate the index $j$ such ...
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Given a set X and z ∉ X indicate between which would be immediate positions z in X

Im studying for the computer science subject test as an exercise i need to provide a pseudocode for this problem recursively or with an iterative aproach. The problem is as fllows: Given a set $X$ ...
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How to calculate Complexity Time O()? [duplicate]

Can anybody give me a way that i can use to calculate Complexity Time problems, i mean a way that will work on any complex code whatever it was. I can solve basic problems, but whenever the problem ...
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Problem with storing an existing triangulation in a DCEL

I am new to StackExchange, and I already made the mistake of posting a new question as a response to a previous question. Here, I rewrote my question more clearly and separately. I am trying to store ...
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Immediate positions algorithm?

Im studying for the computer science subject GRE test, as an exercise i need to implement the followin algorithm in java, any idea on how to aproach it?. Given a set $X$ and $z$ not in $X$, indicate ...
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Minimal size of contracting a DAG into a new DAG

We have a DAG. We have a function on the nodes such that $F(x)=n|x\in V,n\in \mathbb N$ (losely speaking, we number the nodes). We would like to create a new directional graph with these rules: ...
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Python Simple Problem [migrated]

I'm trying to write a simple python algorithm to solve this problem. Can you please help me figure out why my code is not working: Problem: Jakub is trying out a one-dimensional keyboard. It ...
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Python algorithm not working [migrated]

I'm trying to write a simple python algorithm to solve this problem. Can you please help me figure out why my code is not working: Problem: If any character is repeated more than 4 times, the ...
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FFT for expanded form of equation multiplication

I know how to use the FFT for multiplying two equations in $O(n\,log\,n)$ time, but is there a way to use FFT to compute the expanded equation before simplifying? For example, if you are multiplying ...
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the answer to the question 1.4 of the book the design of approximation algorithms david p. williamson

In the uncapacitated facility location problem, we have a set of clients $D$ and a set of facilities $F$. For each client $j\in D$ and facility $i\in F$, there is a cost $c_{ij}$ of ...
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Assigning Groups based on Preference List (Take 2)

I have been working on a problem I am having, and have gotten to the point that I need some help. I am trying to assign groups of people based on a list of preferences. I asked a question about this ...
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Fundamental algorithms in formal language-automata theory

I'm willing to take a course in formal languages and automata theory , where we will explore side by side a functional programming language to implement the different algorithms we will encounter ...
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MapReduce Pseudocode

Consider the following pseudo code for mapreduce to find the frequency of words in a collection of documents: ...
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MapReduce Example [closed]

Is this an example of a MapReduce Problem: Suppose we want to do the following: $1+2 + \cdots + 10$. This is the master problem. Then we delegate the following to worker nodes: $$1+2$$ $$3+4$$ ...

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