Can somebody give a link to a good tutorial on expected values,which can be used to solve this kind of problems, (One of the links from which I have already read is http://www.codechef.com/wiki/tutorial-expectation,though it did not help much)
On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 7:06 PM, anubhav gupta <[email protected]>wrote: > http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~seem3570/12-pattern.pdf > > > On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 5:26 PM, Nitish Garg <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hey >> The question I am currently working on is >> http://www.spoj.pl/problems/MAIN8_D/ >> Actually I am unable to understand how the answer for HTHT is 20. I know >> that the worst case for a string of 4 coin tosses should be 16*4. But how >> the expected value is 20? >> Can anyone explain? >> Thanks >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Algorithm Geeks" group. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msg/algogeeks/-/DFckKu4bb-0J. >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- *Regards,* *Piyush Kapoor,* *CSE-IT-BHU* -- 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.
