How can does the maximum vote algo apply to the above question..??
please explain..

On 11/8/10, cheng lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> Where can we see that  this algorithm use the divide and conquer techniques?
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> 2010/11/7 Pratik Bhadkoliya <[email protected]>
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>> A Linear-time Majority Vote Algorithm
>>
>> Problem: How to decide, in one pass which element of a sequence is in the
>> majority, provided there is such an element.
>>
>> As we sweep through the sequence, we maintain a pair consisting of a
>> current candidate and a counter. Initially, the current candidate is
>> unknown
>> and the counter is 0. When we move the pointer forward over an element e:
>>
>>    - If the counter is 0, we set the current candidate to e and we set the
>>    counter to 1.
>>    - If the counter is not 0, we increment or decrement the counter
>>    according to whether e is the current candidate. When we are done, the
>>    current candidate is the majority element, if there is a majority.
>>
>> If you must confirm that the chosen element is indeed the majority
>> element,
>> you must take one more linear pass through the data to do it.
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>> if Counter is greater than 0 at the end then we get the majority element
>> in
>> candidate field.
>>
>> Now, just count the number of times it occurred in the list using one more
>> traversal and if now this count is greater than n/2 then return true or
>> false otherwise.
>>
>> So, total pass = 2n -> order is O(n)
>> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Ashim Kapoor
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
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>>> Is'nt this solvable by the majority vote algorithm already discussed in
>>> this list?
>>>
>>> Ashim.
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>>> On Sun, Nov 7, 2010 at 3:42 AM, lichenga2404
>>> <[email protected]>wrote:
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>>>> There are many secret groups in College A.Every student at college A
>>>> is a member or these secret group, though membership in one excludes a
>>>> student from joining any other group. You wish to determine if any one
>>>> of these groups contains more than half of the student population. To
>>>> achieve this , you will introduce 2 students to each other: if they
>>>> are members of different group , they will smile. If different group ,
>>>> they will nod. How to determine if any one group has more than half of
>>>> the student population as members in O(n) introductions . And justify
>>>> the answer.
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Thapar University,
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