646. Maximum Length of Pair Chain 最长数对链
作者: 负雪明烛 id: fuxuemingzhu 个人博客: http://fuxuemingzhu.cn/
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题目地址:https://leetcode.com/problems/maximum-length-of-pair-chain/description/
题目描述
You are given n pairs of numbers. In every pair, the first number is always smaller than the second number.
Now, we define a pair (c, d)
can follow another pair (a, b)
if and only if b < c
. Chain of pairs can be formed in this fashion.
Given a set of pairs, find the length longest chain which can be formed. You needn't use up all the given pairs. You can select pairs in any order.
Example 1:
Input: [[1,2], [2,3], [3,4]]
Output: 2
Explanation: The longest chain is [1,2] -> [3,4]
Note:
- The number of given pairs will be in the range [1, 1000].
题目大意
给出了很多区间,找出能够成的连续增长的区间的个数。区间是闭区间,不能有任何重叠。
解题方法
贪心算法
题目给的提示是DP,我用Python的DP竟然超时了。其实我第一想法是贪心算法,在机试指南中的39页,题目是《今年暑假不AC》,原题是能收看到的最多的电视节目的数量。
这题的做法是按照每个区间的右边界进行排序,我们优先选择结束时间最早的区间,这样的贪心做法能保证最后得到的区间的数目是最多的。
Python代码:
class Solution(object):
def findLongestChain(self, pairs):
"""
:type pairs: List[List[int]]
:rtype: int
"""
pairs.sort(key=lambda x: x[1])
currTime, ans = float('-inf'), 0
for x, y in pairs:
if currTime < x:
currTime = y
ans += 1
return ans
日期
2018 年 4 月 5 日 —— 清明节假期开始,小长假真好~~