LeetCode 656 - Coin Path


http://bookshadow.com/weblog/2017/08/06/leetcode-coin-path/
Given an array A (index starts at 1) consisting of N integers: A1, A2, ..., AN and an integer B. The integer B denotes that from any place (suppose the index is i) in the array A, you can jump to any one of the place in the array A indexed i+1i+2, …, i+B if this place can be jumped to. Also, if you step on the index i, you have to pay Ai coins. If Ai is -1, it means you can’t jump to the place indexed i in the array.
Now, you start from the place indexed 1 in the array A, and your aim is to reach the place indexed Nusing the minimum coins. You need to return the path of indexes (starting from 1 to N) in the array you should take to get to the place indexed N using minimum coins.
If there are multiple paths with the same cost, return the lexicographically smallest such path.
If it's not possible to reach the place indexed N then you need to return an empty array.
Example 1:
Input: [1,2,4,-1,2], 2
Output: [1,3,5]
Example 2:
Input: [1,2,4,-1,2], 1
Output: []
Note:
  1. Path Pa1, Pa2, ..., Pan is lexicographically smaller than Pb1, Pb2, ..., Pbm, if and only if at the first iwhere Pai and Pbi differ, Pai < Pbi; when no such i exists, then n < m.
  2. A1 >= 0. A2, ..., AN (if exist) will in the range of [-1, 100].
  3. Length of A is in the range of [1, 1000].
  4. B is in the range of [1, 100].

题目大意:

给定数组A和整数B,A表示N枚硬币的面值,-1表示硬币不存在。
从第1枚硬币出发,每次可以选择其右边的1 - B枚硬币。选择第i枚硬币的开销为A[i]
求最终选择第N枚硬币时,开销最小的选择方案;若存在并列的情况,则选择硬币标号字典序较小的方案。

解题思路:

动态规划(Dynamic Programming)
数组cost[i]表示以第i枚硬币结尾时的最小开销。
数组path[i]表示以第i枚硬币时的最佳选择方案。
若cost[i] > cost[j] + A[i] 或者 cost[i] == cost[j] + A[i] && path[i] > path[j] + [i]

则令cost[i] = cost[j] + A[i], path[i] = path[j] + [i]
https://discuss.leetcode.com/topic/98491/java-22-lines-solution-with-proof
If there are two path to reach n, and they have the same optimal cost, then the longer path is lexicographically smaller.
Proof by contradiction:
Assume path P and Q have the same cost, and P is strictly shorter and P is lexicographically smaller.
Since P is lexicographically smaller, P and Q must start to differ at some point.
In other words, there must be i in P and j in Q such that i < j and len([1...i]) == len([1...j])
P = [1...i...n]
Q = [1...j...n]
Since i is further away from n there need to be no less steps taken to jump from i to n unless j to n is not optimal
So len([i...n]) >= len([j...n])
So len(P) >= len(Q) which contradicts the assumption that P is strictly shorter.
For example:
Input: [1, 4, 2, 2, 0], 2
Path P = [1, 2, 5]
Path Q = [1, 3, 4, 5]
They both have the same cost 4 to reach n
They differ at i = 2 in P and j = 3 in Q
Here Q is longer but not lexicographically smaller.
Why? Because j = 3 to n = 5 is not optimal.
The optimal path should be [1, 3, 5] where the cost is only 2
    public List<Integer> cheapestJump(int[] A, int B) {
        int n = A.length;
        int[] c = new int[n]; // cost
        int[] p = new int[n]; // previous index
        int[] l = new int[n]; // length
        Arrays.fill(c, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
        Arrays.fill(p, -1);
        c[0] = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            if (A[i] == -1) continue;
            for (int j = Math.max(0, i - B); j < i; j++) {
                if (A[j] == -1) continue;
                int alt = c[j] + A[i];
                if (alt < c[i] || alt == c[i] && l[i] < l[j] + 1) {
                    c[i] = alt;
                    p[i] = j;
                    l[i] = l[j] + 1;
                }
            }
        }
        List<Integer> path = new ArrayList<>();
        for (int cur = n - 1; cur >= 0; cur = p[cur]) path.add(0, cur + 1);
        return path.get(0) != 1 ? Collections.emptyList() : path;
    }


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