算法导论3th 第一章课后题解答

Exercises 1.1-1

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Give a real-world example in which one of the following computational problems appears: sorting, determining the best order for multiplying matrices, or finding the convex hull.

Answer

• 用到排序的应用很多，比如电商网站对商品按价格进行排序
• The multiplication process in computers are time consuming than addition process. If we have three or more matrices to multiply, then we should check the order in which to multiply to reduce the number of multiplications.
• [From Wiki]The problem of finding convex hulls finds its practical applications in pattern recognition, image processing, statistics, geographic information system, game theory, construction of phase diagrams, and static code analysis by abstract interpretation. It also serves as a tool, a building block for a number of other computational-geometric algorithms such as the rotating calipers method for computing the wid