/** * File: min_path_sum.c * Created Time: 2023-10-02 * Author: Zuoxun (845242523@qq.com) */ #include "../utils/common.h" // Assume maximum matrix row and column count is 100 #define MAX_SIZE 100 /* Find minimum value */ int myMin(int a, int b) { return a < b ? a : b; } /* Minimum path sum: Brute force search */ int minPathSumDFS(int grid[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE], int i, int j) { // If it's the top-left cell, terminate the search if (i == 0 && j == 0) { return grid[0][0]; } // If the row or column index is out of bounds, return a +∞ cost if (i < 0 || j < 0) { return INT_MAX; } // Calculate the minimum path cost from the top-left to (i-1, j) and (i, j-1) int up = minPathSumDFS(grid, i - 1, j); int left = minPathSumDFS(grid, i, j - 1); // Return the minimum path cost from the top-left to (i, j) return myMin(left, up) != INT_MAX ? myMin(left, up) + grid[i][j] : INT_MAX; } /* Minimum path sum: Memoized search */ int minPathSumDFSMem(int grid[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE], int mem[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE], int i, int j) { // If it's the top-left cell, terminate the search if (i == 0 && j == 0) { return grid[0][0]; } // If the row or column index is out of bounds, return a +∞ cost if (i < 0 || j < 0) { return INT_MAX; } // If there is a record, return it if (mem[i][j] != -1) { return mem[i][j]; } // The minimum path cost from the left and top cells int up = minPathSumDFSMem(grid, mem, i - 1, j); int left = minPathSumDFSMem(grid, mem, i, j - 1); // Record and return the minimum path cost from the top-left to (i, j) mem[i][j] = myMin(left, up) != INT_MAX ? myMin(left, up) + grid[i][j] : INT_MAX; return mem[i][j]; } /* Minimum path sum: Dynamic programming */ int minPathSumDP(int grid[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE], int n, int m) { // Initialize dp table int **dp = malloc(n * sizeof(int *)); for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { dp[i] = calloc(m, sizeof(int)); } dp[0][0] = grid[0][0]; // State transition: first row for (int j = 1; j < m; j++) { dp[0][j] = dp[0][j - 1] + grid[0][j]; } // State transition: first column for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { dp[i][0] = dp[i - 1][0] + grid[i][0]; } // State transition: the rest of the rows and columns for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { for (int j = 1; j < m; j++) { dp[i][j] = myMin(dp[i][j - 1], dp[i - 1][j]) + grid[i][j]; } } int res = dp[n - 1][m - 1]; // Free memory for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) { free(dp[i]); } return res; } /* Minimum path sum: Space-optimized dynamic programming */ int minPathSumDPComp(int grid[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE], int n, int m) { // Initialize dp table int *dp = calloc(m, sizeof(int)); // State transition: first row dp[0] = grid[0][0]; for (int j = 1; j < m; j++) { dp[j] = dp[j - 1] + grid[0][j]; } // State transition: the rest of the rows for (int i = 1; i < n; i++) { // State transition: first column dp[0] = dp[0] + grid[i][0]; // State transition: the rest of the columns for (int j = 1; j < m; j++) { dp[j] = myMin(dp[j - 1], dp[j]) + grid[i][j]; } } int res = dp[m - 1]; // Free memory free(dp); return res; } /* Driver Code */ int main() { int grid[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE] = {{1, 3, 1, 5}, {2, 2, 4, 2}, {5, 3, 2, 1}, {4, 3, 5, 2}}; int n = 4, m = 4; // Matrix capacity is MAX_SIZE * MAX_SIZE, effective row and column count = n * m // Brute force search int res = minPathSumDFS(grid, n - 1, m - 1); printf("Minimum path sum from the top-left to the bottom-right corner = %d\n", res); // Memoized search int mem[MAX_SIZE][MAX_SIZE]; memset(mem, -1, sizeof(mem)); res = minPathSumDFSMem(grid, mem, n - 1, m - 1); printf("Minimum path sum from the top-left to the bottom-right corner = %d\n", res); // Dynamic programming res = minPathSumDP(grid, n, m); printf("Minimum path sum from the top-left to the bottom-right corner = %d\n", res); // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = minPathSumDPComp(grid, n, m); printf("Minimum path sum from the top-left to the bottom-right corner = %d\n", res); return 0; }