本来用DFS做的,总是超时,拿别人AC的程序一测数据结果还一样,但是就是超时,这道题用DFS做要有很多剪枝,不然会有很多的重复,比如第x步走过点m,回溯后再DFS第y步的时候又走过m点,会有大量重复情况,还是BFS比较好剪枝
/*
Catch That Cow
Time Limit: 2000MS Memory Limit: 65536K
Total Submissions: 63279 Accepted: 19813
Description
Farmer John has been informed of the location of a fugitive cow and wants to catch her immediately. He starts at a point N (0 ≤ N ≤ 100,000) on a number line and the cow is at a point K (0 ≤ K ≤ 100,000) on the same number line. Farmer John has two modes of transportation: walking and teleporting.
* Walking: FJ can move from any point X to the points X - 1 or X + 1 in a single minute
* Teleporting: FJ can move from any point X to the point 2 × X in a single minute.
If the cow, unaware of its pursuit, does not move at all, how long does it take for Farmer John to retrieve it?
Input
Line 1: Two space-separated integers: N and K
Output
Line 1: The least amount of time, in minutes, it takes for Farmer John to catch the fugitive cow.
Sample Input
5 17
Sample Output
4
Hint
The fastest way for Farmer John to reach the fugitive cow is to move along the following path: 5-10-9-18-17, which takes 4 minutes.
*/
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdlib>
#include <limits.h>
#include <algorithm>
#include <queue>
using namespace std;
const int maxn = 100010;
bool vis[maxn];
int sizev = sizeof(vis);
int step[maxn]; ///用于记录走过一个点时是第几步
queue<int> q;
int bfs(int N, int K) {
while (!q.empty()) q.pop(); ///使用前清空队列
q.push(N); ///将FJ所在的点入队
vis[N] = true;
step[N] = 0;
int head, next;
while (!q.empty()) { ///队列不为空时BFS
head = q.front();
q.pop();
for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) { ///对于三个方向BFS
if (i == 0) {
next = head + 1;
} else if (i == 1) {
next = head - 1;
} else if (i == 2) {
next = head << 1;
}
if (next < 0 || next > 100000 || vis[next]) continue; ///若越界或以前标记过则continue
///其中对vis[next]判断剪枝,用DFS的话似乎不太好标记之前是否重复走过
q.push(next); ///将新的点入队
vis[next] = true;
step[next] = step[head] + 1; ///走到next用了step[head] + 1步
if (next == K) return step[next]; ///当走到K时此时step[next]既是最少步数,直接返回
}
}
}
int main()
{
int N, K;
while (~scanf("%d%d", &N, &K)) {
if (N >= K) { ///若N>=K则只能每次N - 1这样走,所以直接减就行了
printf("%d\n", N - K);
continue;
}
memset(vis, false, sizev);
printf("%d\n", bfs(N, K));
}
return 0;
}