Maximizing merit points by sequencing activities

There are n activities that a person can perform. Each activity has a corresponding merit point for each of the n days. However, the person cannot perform the same activity on two consecutive days. The goal is to find a sequence of activities that maximizes the total merit points earned over the n days.

Input: n = 3, point= [[1, 2, 5], [3, 1, 1], [3, 3, 3]]
Output: 11
Explanation: Geek will learn a new move and earn 5 points then on the second day he will do running and earn 3 points and on the third day he will do fighting and earn 3 points so, the maximum point is 11.

Input: n = 3, point = {{1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1}, {1, 1, 1}}
Output: 3

Approach: To solve the problem follow the below idea:

The approach used is dynamic programming with memoization. The code uses a recursive function, to calculate the maximum points that can be scored in each turn, and stores the result in a 2D array for memoization.

Steps that were to follow the above approach:

• Create a 2D array ‘dp’ of size ‘(N+1) x 4’ to store the computed values for the subproblems.
• Initialize all values in ‘dp’ to -1.
• Call the recursive helper function ‘helper(points, N-1, 3, dp)’ to compute the maximum points that can be earned.
• In the helper function ‘helper(points, n, prev, dp)’:
  • If ‘n’ is 0, return the maximum point that can be earned in the first row of the ‘points’ array, such that the selected point is not in the same column as prev.
  • If the value for subproblem ‘(n, prev)’ has already been computed and stored in ‘dp’, return the stored value.
  • If not, try all other possible columns besides “prev”, and add the point value in points[n][i] to the maximum point that can be earned in the previous row with column i. This will compute the maximum point that can be earned in row n, such that the selected point is not in the same column as “prev.” Return the value after storing the result in “dp[n][prev]”.
• The final result returned by the function is the maximum point that can be earned in the last row of the points array, such that the selected point is not in the same column as the selected point in the second-to-last row.

Below is the code to implement the above approach:

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

int helper(int points[][3], int n, int prev, int dp[][4]) {
    if (n == 0) {
        int max = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++) {
            if (i != prev) {
                max = std::max(max, points[0][i]);
            }
        }
        return max;
    }

    if (dp[n][prev] != -1) {
        return dp[n][prev];
    }

    int max = 0;

    for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++) {
        if (i != prev) {
            int point = points[n][i] + helper(points, n - 1, i, dp);
            max = std::max(max, point);
        }
    }

    return dp[n][prev] = max;
}

int maximumPoints(int points[][3], int N) {
    int dp[N + 1][4];
    memset(dp, -1, sizeof(dp));
    return helper(points, N - 1, 3, dp);
}

int main() {
    int N = 3;
    int points[][3] = { { 1, 2, 5 }, { 3, 1, 1 }, { 3, 3, 3 } };
    int maxPoints = maximumPoints(points, N);
    cout << maxPoints << endl;
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code for the above approach:
import java.util.*;

class GFG {
    public static int maximumPoints(int points[][], int N)
    {

        // code here
        int dp[][] = new int[N + 1][4];
        for (int i = 0; i <= N; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++) {
                dp[i][j] = -1;
            }
        }

        // Arrays.fill(dp, -1);
        return helper(points, N - 1, 3, dp);
    }

    static int helper(int points[][], int n, int prev,
                      int dp[][])
    {
        if (n == 0) {

            int max = 0;
            for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++) {
                if (i != prev) {
                    max = Math.max(max, points[0][i]);
                }
            }
            return max;
        }

        if (dp[n][prev] != -1) {
            return dp[n][prev];
        }

        int max = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++) {
            if (i != prev) {

                int point = points[n][i]
                            + helper(points, n - 1, i, dp);
                max = Math.max(max, point);
            }
        }

        return dp[n][prev] = max;
    }

    // Driver's code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        int N = 3;
        int[][] points
            = { { 1, 2, 5 }, { 3, 1, 1 }, { 3, 3, 3 } };
        int maxPoints = maximumPoints(points, N);

        // Function Call
        System.out.println(maxPoints);
    }
}

Python

# Python code for the above approach:
class GFG:
    @staticmethod
    def maximumPoints(points, N):
        dp = [[-1 for _ in range(4)] for _ in range(N + 1)]
        return GFG.helper(points, N - 1, 3, dp)

    @staticmethod
    def helper(points, n, prev, dp):
        if n == 0:
            max_val = 0
            for i in range(3):
                if i != prev:
                    max_val = max(max_val, points[0][i])
            return max_val

        if dp[n][prev] != -1:
            return dp[n][prev]

        max_val = 0
        for i in range(3):
            if i != prev:
                point = points[n][i] + GFG.helper(points, n - 1, i, dp)
                max_val = max(max_val, point)

        dp[n][prev] = max_val
        return max_val

# Driver's code
if __name__ == '__main__':
    N = 3
    points = [[1, 2, 5], [3, 1, 1], [3, 3, 3]]
    maxPoints = GFG.maximumPoints(points, N)
    print(maxPoints)
# This code is contributed by Prajwal Kandekar

C#

// c# code for the above approach
using System;

class GFG
{
    public static int MaximumPoints(int[,] points, int N)
    {
        int[,] dp = new int[N + 1, 4];

        // Initialize dp array with -1
        for (int i = 0; i <= N; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < 4; j++)
            {
                dp[i, j] = -1;
            }
        }

        return Helper(points, N - 1, 3, dp);
    }

    static int Helper(int[,] points, int n, int prev, int[,] dp)
    {
        if (n == 0)
        {
            int maximum = 0;

            for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
            {
                if (i != prev)
                {
                    maximum = Math.Max(maximum, points[0, i]);
                }
            }

            return maximum;
        }

        if (dp[n, prev] != -1)
        {
            return dp[n, prev];
        }

        int maxPoints = 0;

        for (int i = 0; i <= 2; i++)
        {
            if (i != prev)
            {
                int point = points[n, i] + Helper(points, n - 1, i, dp);
                maxPoints = Math.Max(maxPoints, point);
            }
        }

        return dp[n, prev] = maxPoints;
    }

    // Driver's code
    public static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        int N = 3;
        int[,] points = { { 1, 2, 5 }, { 3, 1, 1 }, { 3, 3, 3 } };
        int maxPoints = MaximumPoints(points, N);

        // Function Call
        Console.WriteLine(maxPoints);
    }
}

Javascript

class GFG {
    static maximumPoints(points, N) {

        // Initialize dp array with -1
        let dp = Array(N + 1).fill().map(() => Array(4).fill(-1));
        return GFG.helper(points, N - 1, 3, dp);
    }
    static helper(points, n, prev, dp) {

        // Base case
        if (n === 0) {
            let max_val = 0;
            for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
                if (i !== prev) {
                    max_val = Math.max(max_val, points[0][i]);
                }
            }
            return max_val;
        }
        if (dp[n][prev] !== -1) {
            return dp[n][prev];
        }

        // variable to hold the max value
        let max_val = 0;
        for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            if (i !== prev) {

                // Recurssive call to to helper to compute the maximum points
                let point = points[n][i] + GFG.helper(points, n - 1, i, dp);
                max_val = Math.max(max_val, point);
            }
        }
        dp[n][prev] = max_val;
        return max_val;
    }
}

// Driver's code
let N = 3;
let points = [[1, 2, 5], [3, 1, 1], [3, 3, 3]];
let maxPoints = GFG.maximumPoints(points, N);
console.log(maxPoints);

Output

11

Time Complexity: O(n)
Auxiliary Space: O(n^2)

Efficient approach : Using DP Tabulation method ( Iterative approach )

The approach to solve this problem is same but DP tabulation(bottom-up) method is better then Dp + memoization(top-down) because memoization method needs extra stack space of recursion calls.

Steps to solve this problem :

• Create a DP of size n*3 to store the solution of the subproblems .
• Initialize dp with base case.
• declare a variable maxPoints to store the final answer.
• Now Iterate over subproblems to get the value of current problem form previous computation of subproblems stored in DP and update maxPoints accordingly.
• Return the final solution stored in maxPoints.

Implementation :

C++

#include <iostream>
#include <cstring>
#include <algorithm>

using namespace std;

int maximumPoints(int points[][3], int N) {
    int dp[N][3];

    // Initialize the DP array with zeros
    memset(dp, 0, sizeof(dp));

    // Initialize the first row with the values from the first house
    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        dp[0][i] = points[0][i];
    }

    // Iterate through the houses
    for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
        for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
            // Find the maximum points for the current house and color choice
            int maxPoints = 0;
            for (int k = 0; k < 3; k++) {
                if (k != j) {
                    maxPoints = max(maxPoints, dp[i - 1][k] + points[i][j]);
                }
            }
            dp[i][j] = maxPoints;
        }
    }

    // Find the maximum points in the last row
    int maxPoints = 0;
    for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        maxPoints = max(maxPoints, dp[N - 1][i]);
    }

    return maxPoints;
}

//Driver Code
int main() {
    int N = 3;
    int points[][3] = { { 1, 2, 5 }, { 3, 1, 1 }, { 3, 3, 3 } };
    int maxPoints = maximumPoints(points, N);
    cout << maxPoints << endl;
    return 0;
}

Java

// Java code

public class GFG {
    public static int maximumPoints(int[][] points, int N) {
        int[][] dp = new int[N][3];

        // Initialize the DP array with zeros
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
                dp[i][j] = 0;
            }
        }

        // Initialize the first row with the values from the first house
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            dp[0][i] = points[0][i];
        }

        // Iterate through the houses
        for (int i = 1; i < N; i++) {
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
                // Find the maximum points for the current house and color choice
                int maxPoints = 0;
                for (int k = 0; k < 3; k++) {
                    if (k != j) {
                        maxPoints = Math.max(maxPoints, dp[i - 1][k] + points[i][j]);
                    }
                }
                dp[i][j] = maxPoints;
            }
        }

        // Find the maximum points in the last row
        int maxPoints = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
            maxPoints = Math.max(maxPoints, dp[N - 1][i]);
        }

        return maxPoints;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int N = 3;
        int[][] points = { { 1, 2, 5 }, { 3, 1, 1 }, { 3, 3, 3 } };
        int maxPoints = maximumPoints(points, N);
        System.out.println(maxPoints);
    }
}

Python3

def maximum_points(points):
    N = len(points)
    dp = [[0 for _ in range(3)] for _ in range(N)]

    # Initialize the first row with the values from the first house
    for i in range(3):
        dp[0][i] = points[0][i]

    # Iterate through the houses
    for i in range(1, N):
        for j in range(3):
            # Find the maximum points for the current house and color choice
            max_points = 0
            for k in range(3):
                if k != j:
                    max_points = max(max_points, dp[i - 1][k] + points[i][j])
            dp[i][j] = max_points

    # Find the maximum points in the last row
    max_points = max(dp[N - 1])

    return max_points

# Driver code
points = [
    [1, 2, 5],
    [3, 1, 1],
    [3, 3, 3]
]
max_points = maximum_points(points)
print(max_points)

C#

using System;

class Program
{
    static int MaximumPoints(int[,] points, int N)
    {
        int[,] dp = new int[N, 3];

        // Initialize the DP array with zeros
        for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
            {
                dp[i, j] = 0;
            }
        }

        // Initialize the first row with the values from the first house
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
        {
            dp[0, i] = points[0, i];
        }

        // Iterate through the houses
        for (int i = 1; i < N; i++)
        {
            for (int j = 0; j < 3; j++)
            {
                // Find the maximum points for the current house and color choice
                int maxPoints = 0;
                for (int k = 0; k < 3; k++)
                {
                    if (k != j)
                    {
                        maxPoints = Math.Max(maxPoints, dp[i - 1, k] + points[i, j]);
                    }
                }
                dp[i, j] = maxPoints;
            }
        }

        // Find the maximum points in the last row
        int maxPointsResult = 0;
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
        {
            maxPointsResult = Math.Max(maxPointsResult, dp[N - 1, i]);
        }

        return maxPointsResult;
    }

    // Driver Code
    static void Main()
    {
        int N = 3;
        int[,] points = { { 1, 2, 5 }, { 3, 1, 1 }, { 3, 3, 3 } };
        int maxPoints = MaximumPoints(points, N);
        Console.WriteLine(maxPoints);
    }
}

Javascript

function maximumPoints(points, N) {
    const dp = new Array(N).fill(0).map(() => new Array(3).fill(0));

    // Initialize the first row with the values from the first house
    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        dp[0][i] = points[0][i];
    }

    // Iterate through the houses
    for (let i = 1; i < N; i++) {
        for (let j = 0; j < 3; j++) {
            // Find the maximum points for the current house and color choice
            let maxPoints = 0;
            for (let k = 0; k < 3; k++) {
                if (k !== j) {
                    maxPoints = Math.max(maxPoints, dp[i - 1][k] + points[i][j]);
                }
            }
            dp[i][j] = maxPoints;
        }
    }

    // Find the maximum points in the last row
    let maxPoints = 0;
    for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
        maxPoints = Math.max(maxPoints, dp[N - 1][i]);
    }

    return maxPoints;
}

// Driver Code
const N = 3;
const points = [[1, 2, 5], [3, 1, 1], [3, 3, 3]];
const maxPoints = maximumPoints(points, N);
console.log(maxPoints);

Output:

11

Time Complexity: O(3n)

Auxiliary Space: O(3n)