23.5 - Greedy Strategy in Interval Scheduling
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Practice Questions
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Define the greedy strategy.
💡 Hint: Think about immediate benefits in decision-making.
What is the interval scheduling problem?
💡 Hint: Consider how overlapping requests affect outcomes.
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What is the primary goal in the interval scheduling problem?
💡 Hint: Think about what the objective is when managing schedules.
True or False: The greedy strategy is guaranteed to find an optimal solution for all kinds of scheduling problems.
💡 Hint: Consider cases when weights complicate the decision.
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Given the intervals (1, 4), (2, 5), (3, 6), and associated weights of 3, 2, and 6 respectively, determine the optimal schedule using a dynamic programming approach.
💡 Hint: Break down the intervals into sub-problems and calculate the total weights.
Devise a greedy algorithm for the weighted interval scheduling problem and analyze its efficiency compared to dynamic programming.
💡 Hint: Consider how choosing higher weights over finishing times may not always yield the best outcome.
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