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Matrix problem, the path that is the flattest

So in this problem I am given an NxN matrix, in which each value of the matrix represents an altitude. I need to find the best path from the top-left corner to the bottom-right one, my moves being ...
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Python program to solve matrix-chain multiplication

An assignment at school required me to write a Python program for this task: In the matrix-chain multiplication problem, we are given a sequence of matrices ...
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LeetCode 01: Matrix challenge

Recently, I've solved the "01 Matrix" LeetCode problem and the solution was accepted by the LeetCode OJ: Given a matrix consists of 0 and 1, find the distance of the nearest 0 for each cell. ...
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Traceback in sequence alignment with affine gap penalty (Needleman-Wunsch)

I am working on an implementation of the Needleman-Wunsch sequence alignment algorithm in python, and I've already implemented the one that uses a linear gap penalty equation for scoring, but now I'm ...
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google foo.bar max path algorithm puzzle optimization [closed]

I got a programming puzzle described as follows: Save Beta Rabbit Oh no! The mad Professor Boolean has trapped Beta Rabbit in an NxN grid of rooms. In the center of each room (except for the ...
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Optimal matrix chain multiplication in Java

Preliminaries Given two matrices $$ A = \begin{pmatrix} a_{11} & a_{12} & \dots & a_{1q} \\ a_{21} & a_{22} & \dots & a_{2q} \\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots \\ ...
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LeetCode Minimum Path Sum algorithm

I am attempting to solve the Minimum Path Sum algorithm problem and I have a working solution, however there was an unwritten requirement that the algorithm not exceed an unspecified amount of time ...
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Optimizing a dynamic programming solution for "Oil Well"

I'm trying to solve the Oil Well problem on Hackerrank using dynamic programming and it works. However, it times out for some of the test cases. I wanted to know how this program can be improved so ...
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Memoization for calculating minimal traversal distance within a positive matrix

The code below is for calculating the minimal traversing distance from the top left point of the matrix to the bottom right point of the matrix. GitHub Here is the core functionality. Please note ...
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Project Euler 81 (minimum path sum through a matrix)

Problem Statement: In the 5 by 5 matrix below, 131 673 234 103 18 201 96 342 965 150 630 803 746 422 111 537 699 497 121 956 805 732 524 37 331 ...
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Returning all the LIS of given array of int

I have this assignment where I'm supposed to code an algorithm for finding the quantity of Longest Increasing Subsequences from an array of (different) integers and print them all. I developed one ...
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MaxSum sub matrix within a matrix

Code review for best practices, optimizations, code cleanup etc. Also requesting verification of the complexity: O(row*row*col). ...
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Project Euler #82 - path sum: three ways

Project Euler problem 82 asks: Here's my solution: ...
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