Minimize the sum of product of two arrays with permutations allowed

Given two arrays, A and B, of equal size n, the task is to find the minimum value of A[0] * B[0] + A[1] * B[1] +…+ A[n-1] * B[n-1]. Shuffling of elements of arrays A and B is allowed.

Examples :

Input : A[] = {3, 1, 1} and B[] = {6, 5, 4}.
Output : 23
Minimum value of S = 1*6 + 1*5 + 3*4 = 23.

Input : A[] = { 6, 1, 9, 5, 4 } and B[] = { 3, 4, 8, 2, 4 }
Output : 80.
Minimum value of S = 1*8 + 4*4 + 5*4 + 6*3 + 9*2 = 80.

Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE” first, before moving on to the solution.

The idea is to multiply minimum element of one array to maximum element of another array. Algorithm to solve this problem:

Sort both the arrays A and B.
Traverse the array and for each element, multiply A[i] and B[n – i – 1] and add to the total.

Below image is an illustration of the above approach:

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C/C++

// C++ program to calculate minimum sum of product 
// of two arrays. 
#include <bits/stdc++.h> 
using namespace std; 
  
// Returns minimum sum of product of two arrays 
// with permutations allowed 
int minValue(int A[], int B[], int n) 
{ 
    // Sort A and B so that minimum and maximum 
    // value can easily be fetched. 
    sort(A, A + n); 
    sort(B, B + n); 
  
    // Multiplying minimum value of A and maximum 
    // value of B 
    int result = 0; 
    for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
        result += (A[i] * B[n - i - 1]); 
  
    return result; 
} 
  
// Driven Program 
int main() 
{ 
    int A[] = { 3, 1, 1 }; 
    int B[] = { 6, 5, 4 }; 
    int n = sizeof(A) / sizeof(A[0]); 
    cout << minValue(A, B, n) << endl; 
    return 0; 
} 

Java

// java program to calculate minimum 
// sum of product of two arrays. 
import java.io.*; 
import java.util.*; 
  
class GFG { 
  
    // Returns minimum sum of product of two arrays 
    // with permutations allowed 
    static int minValue(int A[], int B[], int n) 
    { 
        // Sort A and B so that minimum and maximum 
        // value can easily be fetched. 
        Arrays.sort(A); 
        Arrays.sort(B); 
  
        // Multiplying minimum value of A 
        // and maximum value of B 
        int result = 0; 
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
            result += (A[i] * B[n - i - 1]); 
  
        return result; 
    } 
  
    // Driven Program 
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    { 
        int A[] = { 3, 1, 1 }; 
        int B[] = { 6, 5, 4 }; 
        int n = A.length; 
        ; 
        System.out.println(minValue(A, B, n)); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by vt_m 

Python

# Python program to calculate minimum sum of product 
# of two arrays. 
  
# Returns minimum sum of product of two arrays 
# with permutations allowed 
def minValue(A, B, n): 
  
    # Sort A and B so that minimum and maximum 
    # value can easily be fetched. 
    A.sort() 
    B.sort() 
   
    # Multiplying minimum value of A and maximum 
    # value of B 
    result = 0
    for i in range(n): 
        result += (A[i] * B[n - i - 1]) 
   
    return result 
   
# Driven Program 
A = [3, 1, 1] 
B = [6, 5, 4] 
n = len(A) 
print minValue(A, B, n) 
  
# Contributed by: Afzal Ansari 

C#

// C# program to calculate minimum 
// sum of product of two arrays. 
using System; 
  
class GFG { 
  
    // Returns minimum sum of product  
    // of two arrays with permutations 
    // allowed 
    static int minValue(int[] a, int[] b, 
                                   int n) 
    { 
          
        // Sort A and B so that minimum  
        // and maximum value can easily 
        // be fetched. 
        Array.Sort(a); 
        Array.Sort(b); 
  
        // Multiplying minimum value of  
        // A and maximum value of B 
        int result = 0; 
          
        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) 
            result += (a[i] * b[n - i - 1]); 
  
        return result; 
    } 
  
    // Driven Program 
    public static void Main() 
    { 
          
        int[] a = { 3, 1, 1 }; 
        int[] b = { 6, 5, 4 }; 
        int n = a.Length; 
          
        Console.Write(minValue(a, b, n)); 
    } 
} 
  
// This code is contributed by nitin mittal. 

PHP

<?php 
// PHP program to calculate minimum  
// sum of product of two arrays. 
  
// Returns minimum sum of  
// product of two arrays  
// with permutations allowed 
function minValue($A, $B, $n) 
{ 
    // Sort A and B so that minimum  
    // and maximum value can easily 
    // be fetched. 
    sort($A); sort($A , $n); 
    sort($B); sort($B , $n); 
  
    // Multiplying minimum value of  
    // A and maximum value of B 
    $result = 0; 
    for ($i = 0; $i < $n; $i++) 
        $result += ($A[$i] *  
                    $B[$n - $i - 1]); 
  
    return $result; 
} 
  
// Driver Code 
$A = array( 3, 1, 1 ); 
$B = array( 6, 5, 4 ); 
$n = sizeof($A) / sizeof($A[0]); 
echo minValue($A, $B, $n) ; 
  
// This code is contributed by nitin mittal.  
?> 

Output :

Time Complexity : O(n log n).

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My Personal Notes

Recommended: Please solve it on “PRACTICE” first, before moving on to the solution.

C/C++

Java

Python

C#

PHP

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