The nature of the problem involves inserting some elements in heap and retriving back ..It could be solved in worst case O(n * lg(n)). Average case O(n) solution is not there I believe.
-Arun prasath N On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 5:35 PM, divya <[email protected]> wrote: > Given two sorted postive integer arrays A(n) and B(n) (W.L.O.G, let's > say they are decreasingly sorted), we define a set S = {(a,b) | a \in > A > and b \in B}. Obviously there are n^2 elements in S. The value of such > a pair is defined as Val(a,b) = a + b. Now we want to get the n pairs > from S with largest values. The tricky part is that we need an O(n) > algorithm. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Algorithm Geeks" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<algogeeks%[email protected]> > . > 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 [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/algogeeks?hl=en.
