Questions tagged [combinatorics]
Questions related to combinatorics and discrete mathematical structures
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Algorithm for creating n-multiset out of x?
I have a problem that can be modelled by 15 undistinguishable balls to 21 boxes. The state of a node is defined by indices from 1 to 21 and corresponding values from 0 to 15, with the constraint that ...
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Predicting the outcome of sporting events with multiplicative scoring
In the Olympic format for sport climbing, eight athletes compete in three rounds of climbing. Their final score is the multiplication of their rankings in each round. For example, an athlete who comes ...
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An iterative algorithm for finding the partitions of a set into subsets of a fixed size
The question is whether someone could provide an algorithm for finding all the partitions of a set S into subsets of fixed size (assume the fixed size is 2, to make things simpler, in which case the ...
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Conditions under which the 3-partition problem is not strongly NP-complete?
I'm a bit confused about the 3-partition problem. More specifically I'm confused about this from the Wikipedia article:
Let B denote the (desired) sum of each subset Si, or equivalently, let the ...
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Possible number of DFAs, NFAs, DPDAs, NPDAs, NDTMs and DTMs for various input parameters
I came across problem asking for possilble number of DFAs for a given number of states and alphabet. I started guessing if we can find possible number different automatas for given number of states, ...
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Which is the most similar NP classic problem, if any exists, to this one?
Consider a given set $W = \{w_1, w_2,...,w_N\}$ of weights, such that $\sum_{i=1}^N w_i = 0$. Consider the given set of mutually different elements $A=\{a_1,a_2,...,a_M\}$ with $M\leq N$. Consider the ...
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Polynomial multiplications and counting
I came across the following problem. Given a set of $n$ positive integers $A$ and an integer $k$. Let $S$ be the set of integers that are the sum of $k$ distinct integers in $A$. Mathematically ...
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How to compute total number of subsequences of length k from a word of length N?
A subsequence of a word is obtained by dropping some letters from it. The letters
that are dropped need not be consecutive. For instance, ba, bna and banaa are all
subsequences of the word banana.
We ...
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Help with an algorithm task
I've been given a task that I had issue solving.
Problem statement:
John likes jumping so he is about to build a new jumping terrain. The
terrain consists of N blocks, and in each block he can ...
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coloring of an interval graph with constraints
Given an interval graph that represents a set of tasks, in a given period of time, to be assigned to a set of employees, the objective is to find a minimum coloring of this graph such that the total ...
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Combinations and Permutations of M sets of distinct items?
I'm wokring on this problem for a while. I want to know:
The correct name of this problem, so I can look it up in textbooks\online.
Here is the problem descirption:
The (un-ordered) combinations to ...
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How to solve this dynamic programming puzzle on matrix?
We are given 4 integers N,M ,Q and Z.
Initially,the matrix has all zeroes in it.
We have to perform Q operations on the matrix.
In each operation, any cell of the matrix can be selected(same cell ...
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What is the density of a regular language $L$ over an alphabet $\Sigma$ in $\Sigma^n$?
In other words, what is the likelihood that a recognizer of a given regular language will accept a
random string of length $n$?
If there is only a single non-terminal $A$, then there are only ...
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Karger's min-cut (contraction): Combinatorial argument for success probability?
The contraction algorithm for min-cut is: pick an edge $(u,v)$ uniformly at random, and "contract" it by merging $u$ and $v$ into a single vertex, deleting self-loops. Continue until two vertices ...
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Average number of full nodes in rooted m-ary tree
I am looking for a formula to express the average number of full nodes (i.e. nodes having exactly $m$ children) in a $m$-ary tree having $n$ nodes, i.e.,
$$ \mu_{n}^{(m)} = \frac{\# \text{full nodes ...
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Set of maximum overlaps
Assume I have a list of $N$ surfaces $\{S_i\}, i \in [1,N]$ which may or may not overlap.
I also have a boolean function $F(S_{i_1},\dots,S_{i_k})$ (with $1 \le k \le N$) which tests whether all ...
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generating all pairs
suppose I have 6$\{0,1,2,3,4,5\}$ numbers.I should generate following 4 pairings of numbers where there will be 3 pairs in each pairing s.t
each number should be in one pair and also every number ...
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algorithm for number of subsequences containing at most k numbers with no element repeated in each of the subsequence
For e.g if the array is 2,2,3,3,5 and k=3
there are total 18 subequences
1 subequence of length 0(i.e empty subsequence)
5 subsequences of length 1
8 subsequences with length 2
4 subsequences with ...
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Algorithm to count the number of subsets of size k with sum of all its elements minimum possible
An array is given eg:-1 2 2 2 and we need to count the number of subsets for it of size k which has the sum of elements minimum possible
here the subsets of size k=3 are:-
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Problem in downvote system
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For my game, I'm building a system where players have power/weight, and they can downvote each other, players with 66% of downvote weight are banned. The weight of the votes is calculated ...
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Algorithm and Time Complexity for k-Sum problems
In fact, there are three different k-Sum problems:
Problem1: Given unsorted integer array $\{a_1, a_2, ..., a_n\}$ and a target number $T$, determine whether there exist at least one solution $\{a_{...
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Count compound words with an ambiguous decomposition
I have a set of words $D$, and I make compound words by concatenating a fixed number $n$ of words from $D$ (repetitions are allowed). Let's call such words $n$-compounds. I want to know how many ...
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Which order is “lexicographic order”?
To choose 3 items out of 5 items [1, 2, 3, 4, 5], Donald Knuth's lexicographic algorithm (The Art of Computer Programming, Vol 4A, 2011, p. 358, Algorithm L (...
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8-puzzle problem [duplicate]
8-puzzle problem: The puzzle consists of an area divided into a grid, 3 by 3. On each grid square is a tile, except for one square which remains empty. A tile that is next to the empty grid square can ...
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Recover boolean vector from dot products
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I want to determine a boolean vector $b \in \{0,1\}^n$ consisting of zeros and ones, but cannot access it directly. I can only call a black-box computer code which will take the dot product ...
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Selecting the right partition in NAUTY
Graph isomorphism solver Nauty has two main procedures, individualization and refinement, to get to a discrete partition. During refinement procedure, we take some cell of the current partition and ...
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maximum eigenvalue across subsamples
I have an $N$-dimensional vector of data, say $X_{t}$, with $1 \leq t \leq T$.
Of this vector $X_{t}$, I want to consider sub-vectors, say $X_{t}^{b}$, which are $m$-dimensional combinations of ...
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count all possible paths of length n in an undirected graph with use of dynamic programming [duplicate]
Given is an infinitely large grid graph. Use dynamic programming to calculate the number of possible paths
of a given length n from a given start node, so that fjor every path applies:
a) no vertex ...
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Count paths of length $n$ that a player can take
I'm writing a video game, and I'm trying to find an efficient way of calculating this. The goal is to count the number of paths of length $n$ that a character can take, where the character can move ...
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Conditions for a binary tree being balanced
Prove or disprove for each of the following two properties, whether a family of trees that satisfy the property is balanced.
If you disprove, the counterexample should consist of an infinite ...
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combinatoric grouping optimization problem based on time interval overlap, weight constraint, and distance minimization
Let each element be an individual. Consider that an individual is defined such that each individual has a time range, weight, and location.
The goal is to group together individuals whose time ranges ...
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Finding row wise sum of transpose of hv-convex binary matrix
I'm stuck on a problem involving the Gale-Ryser Theorem. The problem's input gives me the row-wise sum of an hv-convex binary matrix(n*m).
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Number of possible heaps on $\{1,…,2^h-1\}$
Let $C_h$ be the number of possible heaps for the set of keys $\{1,...,2^h-1\}$. Determine a recurrence relation for $C_h$ via the substitution method and prove it.
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A binary tree ...
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Tree Optimization, Combinatorics, algorithm [closed]
My Partners and me, we are trying to optimize frequency process...
I used Java to show our Problem, but the question is about algorithm NOT about Java implementation. Although implementations in java ...
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Linear order minimizing weighted distance from special element
Let's say I have a set of beads, $b_0,\dots,b_n$, and let $b_0$ be the 'special bead'. I want to lay out the beads on a string to minimize the total cost, defined as $\sum_{i=1}^n w_i \cdot d(b_0, b_i)...
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Approporiate algorithm for a graph theory problem
So I have recently ran into a graph theory problem and was unable to find a matching algorithm for the problem or reword the problem to match some existing algorithm.
The problem is pretty ...
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Maximal cliques in a multipartite graph - efficient?
I am looking at a combinatorial optimisation problem where I have N classes and k objects of each class.
Now I am looking for the optimal subset such that each of the N classes is represented ...
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Minimum Ratio Spanning Tree
Problem statement:
Given an undirected graph $G = (V, E)$ with edge $e_i$ having two associated positive values $c_1, c_2$. Find a spanning tree $ST$ such that (ratio of the spanning tree): $$\frac{...
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Number of strings at given edit distance
I would like to know the number of strings at edit distance $n$ of a string $s$.
I guess this is textbook knowledge... but I cannot find the textbook in question.
More formally, I have an alphabet $\...
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How many possible ways to go right and up in an array
Let's say we have a 2D matrix, and we begin at $(0, 0)$.
We must travel $m$ steps to the right and $n$ steps up, in any order. Each step moves the position right or up by $1$.
For example if $n = 5$...
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Finding combinations of variables that can take value of -1/0/1 that produce sum of 0 with added constraint
I have 64 variables that can either take a value of -1, 0, or 1 and I am interested in finding all possible combinations of variables such that I have n variables in each the positive and negative ...
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Algorithms to generate random nowhere-neat rectangulation?
I want to generate random rectangular partition of a given $m*n$ rectangle under the constraint that it must be nowhere-neat partition. Nowhere-neat partition means that a dissection of a rectangle ...
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How to calculate combination from given n,r and rank?
Suppose that $S=\{1,2,...,n\}$ and we are given an integer $r\leq n$.
An $r$-combination of $S$ is obtained by selecting $r$ distinct integers out of the $n$. We order all $r$-combinations for a ...
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Software metric for data growth
I'm writing a paper for some software that uses combinatorics to generate large result sets. I would like to describe that if I put in $n$ elements, I will get in return $2^n$ elements.
Is there a ...
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Handling $AND$ and $OR$ cases in MILP?
Suppose I want to have an integer program for handling the cases
$x_1>1\wedge x_2>1\wedge x_3>1\wedge\dots\wedge x_n>1\iff\delta=1$
$x_1>1\vee x_2>1\vee x_3>1\vee\dots\vee x_n&...
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Maximal size of a set of ordered words such that no pair of letters occurs twice
Consider an alphabet $\Sigma=\{1,\dots,n\}$.
An ordered word is a word $w=w_1w_2\dots w_k\in\Sigma^*$ such that $w_1<w_2<\dots<w_k$. In other words, an ordered word is a strictly increasing ...
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When do we use parallel algorithms for enumerating combinations?
I know that combination is used in many areas. But do we really need parallel version of algorithms for that? If so, where do they used?
Here is a famous example of parallel algorithms, Adaptive and ...
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Permutation of n-size array with possible repeated elements. E.g [1, 2, 1]
What would it be a recursive algorithm to get permutations for any list of n elements that might contain or not repeated elements?
For the following 3-element list ...
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invariant of bin packing
We are given an array of integers and a number K. We need to pack these integers into bins. The condition is that we have to use exactly K number of bins and each bin should have equal capacity. We ...
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Counting models satisfying a boolean formula
I'm trying to implement the #2-SAT algorithm from the paper "Counting Satisfying Assignments in 2-SAT and 3-SAT" (Dahllöf, Jonsson and Wahlström, Theor. Comput. Sci. 332(1–3):265–...
