https://leetcode.com/problems/reverse-pairs/#/description
和315, 327是一类题。
分治法,合并的过程就是归并排序,在归并的过程中,对右半边,统计满足nums[j] < nums[i] / 2的元素的个数即可。
class Solution {
public:
int reversePairs(vector<int>& nums) {
if (nums.empty()) return 0;
return count(nums, 0, nums.size() - 1);
}
private:
int count(vector<int>& nums, int start, int end) {
if (start >= end) return 0;
int mid = start + (end - start) / 2;
int left = count(nums, start, mid);
int right = count(nums, mid+1, end);
int cross = merge(nums, start, mid ,end);
return ( left + right + cross );
}
int merge(vector<int>& nums, int start, int mid, int end) {
int cnt = 0, p = start, q = mid + 1, r = 0;
vector<int> helper(end-start+1);
// 统计
vector<int>::iterator up, low = nums.begin() + mid+1;
for (int i = start; i <= mid; ++i) {
up = std::upper_bound(nums.begin() + mid+1, nums.begin() + end+1, ceil(nums[i] / 2.0)-1); // 不包含nums[i]/2
cnt += (up - low);
}
// 归并
while (p <= mid && q <= end) {
if (nums[p] < nums[q]) helper[r++] = nums[p++];
else helper[r++] = nums[q++];
}
while (p <= mid) helper[r++] = nums[p++];
while (q <= end) helper[r++] = nums[q++];
copy(helper.begin(), helper.end(), nums.begin() + start);
return cnt;
}
};
leetcode 327,是对前缀和数组的操作(涉及到区间统计,思维惯性是往前缀和或者区间DP方向走),若设S(i)表示nums[0..i]之和,S(i,j)表示nums[i...j]之和,计数条件就是lower <= S(i,j) <= upper,即lower <= S(j) - S(i-1) <= upper,即S(i-1)+lower <= S(j) <= S(i-1) + upper;逆序对以及今天的问题,都是对原数组操作,只是条件变为了nums(i) > 2*nums(j),或nums(j) < nums(i) / 2,按不等式条件进行统计即可,其他形式的统计亦然。
注意,虽然字面意思是归并排序,但是因果关系并不是“归并排序有统计的功能”,而是为了加速计数过程,最好能创造一些条件,比如“数组能有序,而且不改变结果”。如果说解决这个问题的出发点是分治,只不过恰好统计的过程需要做排序,而这样的实现碰巧就是归并排序~