Catch That Cow
Time Limit : 5000/2000ms (Java/Other) Memory Limit : 32768/32768K (Java/Other)
Total Submission(s) : 4 Accepted Submission(s) : 3
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Problem 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.
Source
//三种走法,因为是追赶牛,如果跑牛前面去了,回来只能一步一步走,三种走法分别是向前,退后一步,向前当前步*2,三个。直接bfs就行了。
#include <iostream>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstring>
#include <queue>
#define N 100000
int vist[N+5];
int k,n;
using namespace std;
struct node
{
int x,c;
};
int bfs()
{
node st,ed;
queue<node>Q;
while(!Q.empty())
{
Q.pop();
}
st.x=n,st.c=0;
vist[n]=1;
Q.push(st);
while(!Q.empty())
{
st=Q.front();
Q.pop();
for(int i=0; i<3; i++)
{
if(i==0)
ed.x=st.x-1;
else if(i==1)
ed.x=st.x+1;
else ed.x=st.x*2;
ed.c=st.c+1;
if(ed.x==k)
return ed.c;
if(ed.x>=0&&ed.x<=N&&!vist[ed.x])
{
vist[ed.x]=1;
Q.push(ed);
}
}
}
return 0;
}
int main()
{
while(scanf("%d%d",&n,&k)==2)
{
if(n>=k)
{
printf("%d\n",n-k);
continue;
}
memset(vist,0,sizeof(vist));
printf("%d\n",bfs());
}
return 0;
}