Skip to main content

All Questions

Filter by
Sorted by
Tagged with
4 votes
1 answer
139 views

How to find an optimal sequence of merging operations?

Given a set of items, each characterized by a quality $q_i\in(0,1)$. We can merge two items of quality $q_i$ and $q_j$ to a single item $k$ of quality $q_k=f(q_i,q_j)$, where $f$ is increasing in $q_i$...
lchen's user avatar
  • 367