1. CS 206 Introduction to Computer Science II 10 / 14 / 2009 Instructor: Michael Eckmann

2. Michael Eckmann - Skidmore College - CS 206 - Fall 2009 Today’s Topics Comments/Questions? Binary Search trees –Discuss running time of delete –Allowing duplicate values General recursion ideas –Definition of recursion –Several examples

3. running time of delete Last class we made a chart of the running times of common operations done to sorted data stored in a linked list, array and a BST. (Several of you were not here...)‏ Now that we've written delete in a BST what is the running time?

4. Allowing duplicate values One way to allow duplicate values in our BST, is --- if a key = some key then it lives on the right side. Another way would be to change the BSTNode to contain a count value which describes how many are in the tree. When you want to add a node with a key that already exists, instead of inserting the new node, just ++ the count of that node. To delete, decrement the count. When it gets to 0, remove the node completely.

5. Allowing duplicate values Assuming we implement it in the way that each node keeps track of its count. How will this idea effect traversals? How about delete? Other concerns?

6. Recursion 1. have at least one base case that is not recursive 2. recursive case(s) must progress towards the base case 3. trust that your recursive call does what it says it will do (without having to unravel all the recursion in your head.)‏ 4. try not to do redundant work. That is, in different recursive calls, don't recalculate the same info.

7. Recursion some definitions are inherently recursive e.g. sum of the first n integers, n>= 1. S(1) = 1 S(N) = S(N-1) + N recursive code for this iterative code for this simpler code for this (based on our proof) N*(N+1)/2 any problems with the recursive code? n=0 or large n?

8. Recursion The last example showed that recursion didn't really simplify our lives, but there are times when it does. e.g. If given an integer and you wanted to print the individual digits in order, but you didn't have the ability to easily convert an int >10 to a String. e.g. int n=35672; If we wanted to print 3 first then 5 then 6 then 7 then 2, we need to come up with a way to extract those digits via some mathematical computation. It's easy to get the last digit n%10 gives us that. Notice: 35672 % 10 = 2 also 2 % 10 = 2. Any ideas on a recursive way to display all the numbers in order?

9. Recursion void printDigits(int n)‏ { if (n>=10)‏ printDigits((n/10)); System.out.println( n%10 ); } // what's the base case here? // what's the recursive step here? Will it always approach the base case?

10. Recursion Now that last problem was made up sort of, because Java (and most languages) allow us to print ints. However what if we wanted to print the int in a different base? Say base 2, 3, 4, 5, or some other base?

11. Recursion The fibonacci sequence is: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89,... –Can you detect the pattern?

12. Recursion The fibonacci sequence is: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89,... Fibonacci numbers are simply defined recursively: F 0 = 0 F 1 = 1 F n = F n-1 + F n-2 How could we convert this to code to calculate the i th fibonacci number?

13. Recursion Fibonacci numbers are simply defined recursively: F 0 = 0 F 1 = 1 F n = F n-1 + F n-2 How could we convert this to code to calculate the i th fibonacci number? int fib(int i)‏ { if (i <= 1)‏ return i; else return ( fib(i-1) + fib(i-2) ); }

14. Recursion int fib(int i)‏ { if (i <= 1)‏ return i; else return ( fib(i-1) + fib(i-2) ); } Any problems with this code?

15. Recursion int fib(int i)‏ { if (i <= 1)‏ return i; else return ( fib(i-1) + fib(i-2) ); } Any problems with this code? Yes – it makes too many calls. And further, these calls are redundant. It violates that 4 th idea of recursion stated earlier: in different recursive calls, don't recalculate the same info.

16. Recursion We know what a tree is. Can anyone give a recursive definition of a tree?

17. Recursion We know what a tree is. Can anyone give a recursive definition of a tree? –A tree is empty or it has a root connected to 0 or more subtrees. –(Note a subtree, taken on its own, is a tree.)‏

18. Recursion Change making algorithms. –Problem: have some amount of money for which you need to make change in the fewest coins possible. –You have unlimited numbers of coins C 1... C N each with different values. example: make change for.63 and the coins you have are C 1 =.01, C 2 =.05, C 3 =.10, and C 4 =.25 only. ideas?

19. Recursion Change making algorithms. –Problem: have some amount of money for which you need to make change in the fewest coins possible. –You have unlimited numbers of coins C 1... C N each with different values. example: make change for.63 and the coins you have are C 1 =.01, C 2 =.05, C 3 =.10, and C 4 =.25 only. The algorithm that works for these denominations is a greedy algorithm (that is, one that makes an optimal choice at each step to achieve the optimal solution to the whole problem.) Let's write it in Java.

20. Recursion What if : make change for.63 and the coins you have are C 1 =.01, C 2 =.05, C 3 =.10, C 4 =.21 and C 5 =.25 only. A 21 cent piece comes into the picture.

21. Recursion What if : make change for.63 and the coins you have are C 1 =.01, C 2 =.05, C 3 =.10, C 4 =.21 and C 5 =.25 only. A 21 cent piece comes into the picture. The greedy algorithm doesn't work in this case because the minimum is 3 coins all of C 4 =.21 whereas the greedy algorithm would yield 2.25's, 1.10 and 3.01's for a total of 6 coins. We always assume we have.01 coin to guarantee a way to make change.

22. Recursion So, we want to create a way to solve the minimum # of coins problem with arbitrary coin denominations. A recursive strategy is: –BASE CASE: If the change K, we're trying to make is exactly equal to a coin denomination, then we only need 1 coin, which is the least # of coins. –RECURSIVE STEP: Otherwise, for all possible values of i, split the amount of change K into two sets i and K- i. Solve these two sets recursively and when done with all the i's, keep the minimum sum of the number of coins among all the i's.

23. Recursion split the total into parts and solve those parts recursively. –e.g. –.63 =.01 +.62 –.63 =.02 +.61 –.63 =.03 +.60 –.63 =.04 +.59 –. –.63 =.31 +.32 –See example on page 288, figure 7.22 –Each time through, save the least number of coins.

24. Recursion split the total into parts and solve those parts recursively. –e.g. –.63 =.01 +.62 –.63 =.02 +.61 –.63 =.03 +.60 –.63 =.04 +.59 –. –.63 =.31 +.32 –Each time through, save the least number of coins. –The base case of the recursion is when the change we are making is equal to one of the coins – hence 1 coin. –Otherwise recurse. –Why is this bad?