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USACO · 2019 · January · platinum-2

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Exercise Route: graph algorithms walkthrough

Exercise Route: use the linked editorial?s graph algorithms, trees idea on the published sample, then verify the displayed output.

Published input5 8 1 2 1 3 1 4 1 5 2 3 3 4 4 5 5 2modelAlgorithm ideaRepresent the task?s objects and connections as a graph, then use the editorial?s traversal or path method to obtain the requested property.task resultExpected output4
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    Model

    Make one vertex per task object and add an edge for each permitted relationship.
  2. 2

    Process

    Traverse or relax the graph according to the task?s path or reachability rule.
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    Read

    Use the reached set or path result to produce the requested output.
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    Verify the sample

    Use the published sample output to check the result of this idea on the displayed input.
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