300. Longest Increasing Subsequence [Medium]

/**
 * 自己的解法，从后往前dp，dp中每个元素代表从当前开头的LIS
 * 时间复杂度O(n^2)，不是最优
 * Runtime: 61 ms, faster than 32.89%
 * Memory Usage: 38.3 MB, less than 83.56%
 */
class Solution {
    public int lengthOfLIS(int[] nums) {
        int longest = 1;
        int[] dp = new int[nums.length];
        for (int i = nums.length - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
            dp[i] = 1;
            for (int j = i + 1; j < nums.length; j++) {
                if (nums[i] < nums[j]) {
                    dp[i] = Math.max(dp[i], dp[j] + 1);
                }
            }
            longest = Math.max(longest, dp[i]);
        }
        return longest;
    }
}

https://leetcode.com/problems/longest-increasing-subsequence/discuss/74824/JavaPython-Binary-search-O(nlogn)-time-with-explanation 

/**
 * genius做法
 * tails[i]表示到目前为止，i-1长度的LIS，最小的结尾值
 * tails显然是一个递增数组，所以可以在tails中二分查找找到第一个大于nums[i]的元素，用nums[i]替代它
 * 时间复杂度O(nlogn)
 * Runtime: 2 ms, faster than 98.88%
 * Memory Usage: 38.3 MB, less than 92.02%
 */
class Solution {
    public int lengthOfLIS(int[] nums) {
        int[] tails = new int[nums.length];
        tails[0] = nums[0];
        int longest = 1;
        for (int i = 1; i < nums.length; i++) {
            if (nums[i] > tails[longest - 1]) { // nums[i]比前面的数字都大，longest变长，tails数组多一个值
                tails[longest++] = nums[i];
            } else { // 二分查找找到tails数组中，比nums[i]大(or等于nums[i])的第一个，更新它的值为nums[i]
                int left = 0, right = longest - 1;
                while (left < right) {
                    int mid = (left + right) / 2;
                    if (nums[i] > tails[mid]) {
                        left = mid + 1;
                    } else {
                        right = mid;
                    }
                }
                tails[left] = nums[i];
            }
        }
        return longest;
    }
}