12.6 - Brute Force Approach to Count Inversions
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Define what an inversion is.
💡 Hint: Think about how two people can rank the same items differently.
Why is the brute force method considered inefficient?
💡 Hint: Consider how the number of comparisons grows as items increase.
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What is an inversion in ranking?
💡 Hint: Think about pairs that don't follow the expected order.
True or False: The brute force method has a time complexity of O(n log n).
💡 Hint: Consider the efficiency of different methods.
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You have two rankings, R1 = [3, 1, 4, 2] and R2 = [4, 3, 2, 1]. Calculate how many inversions exist and detail the method used.
💡 Hint: Count all misordered pairs.
Create an algorithm to efficiently count inversions in an array of size n, and analyze its time complexity.
💡 Hint: Think about merging sorted arrays.
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