19.3 - Interval Scheduling Problem
Enroll to start learning
You’ve not yet enrolled in this course. Please enroll for free to listen to audio lessons, classroom podcasts and take practice test.
Practice Questions
Test your understanding with targeted questions
What is the main goal of the Interval Scheduling Problem?
💡 Hint: Think about scheduling without conflicts.
Define a greedy algorithm.
💡 Hint: Remember that it does not backtrack once a decision is made.
4 more questions available
Interactive Quizzes
Quick quizzes to reinforce your learning
What does the Interval Scheduling Problem aim to maximize?
💡 Hint: Focus on the core objective of scheduling.
True or False: The earliest start time is always the best choice in a greedy strategy for scheduling.
💡 Hint: Consider examples where conflicting timings exist.
2 more questions available
Challenge Problems
Push your limits with advanced challenges
Given the intervals [1, 3], [2, 5], [4, 6], [7, 9], solve for the maximum number you can schedule without overlaps.
💡 Hint: Map out overlapping intervals carefully.
Prove that the greedy algorithm's choice of the earliest finish time will always produce a solution as good as, or better than, any other possible selection.
💡 Hint: Draw on the inductive proof structure to illustrate your claim.
Get performance evaluation
Reference links
Supplementary resources to enhance your learning experience.