Problem J - World Finals 2005

abishek · Post by **abishek** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:41 pm

while we are at a discussion about problem J, can some one tell me a hint for problem D?

btw, was that Kismans? Its sad that judges don't sign their problem in the world finals

Adrian Kuegel · Post by **Adrian Kuegel** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 8:48 pm

I don't know who was the problem author of D, but I know it was not Derek Kisman (he said none of the finals problems were from him).

Per · Post by **Per** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:12 pm

Here's how we did problem D:

First, finding the number of shuffles is fairly easy.

Then, we construct a permutation P based on the "misplaced" elements of the input (if the element at the place where we should have an A was B (where we might have B = A), this permutation maps A -> B).

Next we look at the cycle structure of P. The assumption of our solution which we never proved but which seems innocent enough if you think about it a while is that any two elements which have been accidentally swapped in an error in one of the shuffles must be in the same cycle of P. Matching this against pairs of elements which were actually adjacent during the performed shuffles, we get a relatively small set of possible errors which could have been made.

Then, finally, we simply do an exhaustive search among these (relatively few) possible errors to find the way using as few errors as possible.

Per · Post by **Per** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 10:16 pm

By the way, regarding the problem set: despite us not doing as good as we had hoped, I really enjoyed the problem set, it was definitely one of the better ones I've seen (and I've seen quite a few by now

).

abishek · Post by **abishek** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 5:09 pm

the problem set was very good and I really enjoyed it, though I should crib saying that too much of geometry was there. A, B, E, F, G all had some kind of floating point operations involved and I have always hated floating point numbers

mido · Post by **mido** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:46 pm

I would be very grateful if someone gives hints to problems C and I...(am I asking for too much??).

Adrian Kuegel · Post by **Adrian Kuegel** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:06 pm

problem C is very similar to a topcoder problem; for an idea for the solution read the description of the solution for topcoder problem Triptych: http://www.topcoder.com/index?t=statist ... nline_rd_4
And problem I can be solved with greedy in O(n^2)
If I said something wrong, please someone who participated in the finals correct me.

shahriar_manzoor · Post by **shahriar_manzoor** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:01 am

abishek Said
"the problem set was very good and I really enjoyed it, though I should crib saying that too much of geometry was there. A, B, E, F, G all had some kind of floating point operations involved and I have always hated floating point numbers "

F had nothing to do with floating point number. Although at first sight I also thought that floating point number is a must for this problem. As far as I know that G had nothing to do with floating point number as well. G was the hardest problem according to derek (he solved all the problems I didn't). Voronoi diagram was not required for B. I guess some teams did not touch it considering that they need to implement V diagram.

The Author of D was Bonomo.

gvcormac · Post by **gvcormac** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:24 am

Per wrote:By the way, regarding the problem set: despite us not doing as good as we had hoped, I really enjoyed the problem set, it was definitely one of the better ones I've seen (and I've seen quite a few by now ).

I quite agree and said so at the coaches' briefing. I believe there was general consensus.

abishek · Post by **abishek** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 4:21 am

shahriar_manzoor wrote: Voronoi diagram was not required for B. I guess some teams did not touch it considering that they need to implement V diagram.

I think we need to find the number of intersections of the road with vornoi boundaries in problem B. But I don't see how to find it without the vornoi diagram itself.

May be I missed it but where the judges ever called to the stage or introduced at the finals?
I don't think so. (except for the price winning ceremony where judges just accompanied the teams)

shahriar_manzoor · Post by **shahriar_manzoor** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 10:53 am

Yes u missed it. But it is not a big deal as the contestants r to be focused in the prize giving ceremony. Judges were on stage for a brief period as the link below shows:
http://icpc.baylor.edu/dmt/view_image.a ... 6&size=reg.

It is odd to post someones own image but I don't think anyone will be able to answer this question but me as I struggled a lot to find this image.

fernando · Post by **fernando** » Tue Dec 12, 2006 11:15 pm

Any hint or idea about solving problem B without computing Voronoi diagram?

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Problem J - World Finals 2005

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