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The document discusses several approaches to solving the coin change problem: 1. A greedy algorithm that always chooses the coin with the highest value first (e.g. quarters before nickels). However, this does not always produce the optimal solution. 2. A recursive algorithm that calculates the minimum number of coins recursively. However, this is inefficient as it recalculates values repeatedly. 3. A dynamic programming approach that saves the results of subproblems to look up instead of recomputing. It calculates the minimum number of coins needed for amounts from 0 to the target value.

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AlgorithmBasics Examples

The document discusses several approaches to solving the coin change problem: 1. A greedy algorithm that always chooses the coin with the highest value first (e.g. quarters before nickels). However, this does not always produce the optimal solution. 2. A recursive algorithm that calculates the minimum number of coins recursively. However, this is inefficient as it recalculates values repeatedly. 3. A dynamic programming approach that saves the results of subproblems to look up instead of recomputing. It calculates the minimum number of coins needed for amounts from 0 to the target value.

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Coin Change Problem

!! Finding the number of ways of making changes for a particular amount of cents, n, using a given set of denominations C={c1cd} (e.g, the US coin system: {1, 5, 10, 25, 50, 100})
! An example: n = 4,C = {1,2,3}, solutions: {1,1,1,1}, {1,1,2},{2,2},{1,3}.

!! Minimizing the number of coins returned for a particular quantity of change (available coins {1, 5, 10, 25})
! 30 Cents (solution: 25 + 2, two coins) ! 67 Cents ?

!! 17 cents given denominations = {1, 2, 3, 4}?

Sudoku Puzzle

Find the Fewest Coins: Cashers algorithm


!! Given 30 cents, and coins {1, 5, 10, 25} !! Here is what a casher will do: always go with coins of highest value first
! Choose the coin with highest value 25
! 1 quarter

! Now we have 5 cents left


! 1 nickel

The solution is: 2 (one quarter + one nickel)

Greedy Algorithm Does not Always Give Optimal Solution to Coin Change Problem
!! Coins = {1, 3, 4, 5} !! 7 cents = ? !! Greedy solution:
! 3 coins: one 5 + two 1

!! Optimal solution:
! 2 coins: one 3 + one 4

Find the Fewest Coins: Divide and Conquer


!! 30 cents, given coins {1, 5, 10, 25, 50}, we need to calculate MinChange(30) !! Choose the smallest of the following:
! ! ! ! 1 + MinChange(29) 1 + MinChange(25) 1 + MinChange(10) 1 + MinChange(5) #give a penny #give a nickel #give a dime #give a quarter

!! Do not know MinChange(29), MinChange(25), MinChange(10), MinChange(5)?

1.! MinChange(M) 2.! if M = 0 3.! return 0

Coin Change Problem: A Recursive Algorithm

4.! 5.! 6.! 7.!

v"! for c in denominations " M v " min {MinChange(M-c) + 1, v} return v

Recursive Algorithm Is Not Efficient


30
1 5 25

29 28 27 26 25 24 4

25

20

!! It recalculates the optimal coin combination for a given amount of money repeatedly

!! Were re-computing values in our algorithm more than once

How to avoid computing the same function multiple times

!! Save results of each computation for 0 to M !! This way, we can do a reference call to find an already computed value, instead of recomputing each time !! Running time M*d, where M is the value of money and d is the number of denominations

1.! MinChange(M) 2.! if minChange[M] not empty 3.! return minChange[M] 4.! if M = 0 5.! return 0 6.! for c in denominations " M 7.! v " min {MinChange(M-c) + 1, v} 8.! minChange[M] = v 9.! return v

Coin Change Problem: Save the Intermediate Results

The Change Problem: Dynamic Programming


1.! MinChangeDP(M) 2.! minCoin[0] " 0 3.! for m " 1 to M 4.! minCoin[m]" infinity 5.! for c in denominations " M 6.! if minCoin[m-c] + 1 < minCoin[m] 7.! minCoin[m]"minCoin[m-c] + 1 8.! return minCoin[M]

Greedy algorithm outputs optimal solutions for coin values 10, 5, 1


Proof: Let N be the amount to be paid. Let the optimal solution be P=A*10 + B*5 + C. Clearly B!1 (otherwise we can decrease B by 2 and increase A by 1, improving the solution). Similarly, C!4. Let the solution given by GreedyCoinChange be P=a*10 + b*5 + c. Clearly b!1 (otherwise the algorithm would output 10 instead of 5). Similarly c!4. From 0! C!4 and P=(2A+B)*5+C we have C=P mod 5. Similarly c=P mod 5, and hence c=C. Let Q=(P-C)/5. From 0! B! 1 and Q = 2A + B we have B=Q mod 2. Similarly b=Q mod 2, and hence b=B. Thus a=A, b=B, c=C, i.e., the solution given by GreedyCoinChange is optimal.

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