435. Non-overlapping Intervals
Given a collection of intervals, find the minimum number of intervals you need to remove to make the rest of the intervals non-overlapping.
Note:
You may assume the interval’s end point is always bigger than its start point.
Intervals like [1,2] and [2,3] have borders “touching” but they don’t overlap each other.
Example 1:
Input: [ [1,2], [2,3], [3,4], [1,3] ]
Output: 1
Explanation: [1,3] can be removed and the rest of intervals are non-overlapping.
Example 2:
Input: [ [1,2], [1,2], [1,2] ]
Output: 2
Explanation: You need to remove two [1,2] to make the rest of intervals non-overlapping.
Example 3:
Input: [ [1,2], [2,3] ]
Output: 0
Explanation: You don't need to remove any of the intervals since they're already non-overlapping.
解法一
按照end进行升序排列,如果下一个start小于上一个的end,则去除下一个。否则end变为下一个的end。
/**
* Definition for an interval.
* public class Interval {
* int start;
* int end;
* Interval() { start = 0; end = 0; }
* Interval(int s, int e) { start = s; end = e; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public int eraseOverlapIntervals(Interval[] intervals) {
if (intervals == null || intervals.length == 0) {
return 0;
}
Arrays.sort(intervals, new Comparator<Interval>() {
@Override
public int compare(Interval o1, Interval o2) {
return o1.start - o2.start;
}
});
int ret = 0;
int terminal = intervals[0].end;
for (int i = 1; i < intervals.length; i++) {
if (intervals[i].start < terminal) {
ret++;
if (intervals[i].end < terminal) {
terminal = intervals[i].end;
}
} else {
terminal = intervals[i].end;
}
}
return ret;
}
}
解法二
按照start升序排列,如果下一个的start比上一个的end小,就需要去除掉,如果此end比上一个end小,terminal变为小的end。如果下一个的start比上一个的end大,terminal扩展为现在的end。
/**
* Definition for an interval.
* public class Interval {
* int start;
* int end;
* Interval() { start = 0; end = 0; }
* Interval(int s, int e) { start = s; end = e; }
* }
*/
public class Solution {
public int eraseOverlapIntervals(Interval[] intervals) {
if (intervals == null || intervals.length == 0) {
return 0;
}
Arrays.sort(intervals, new Comparator<Interval>() {
@Override
public int compare(Interval o1, Interval o2) {
return o1.start - o2.start;
}
});
int ret = 0;
int terminal = intervals[0].end;
for (int i = 1; i < intervals.length; i++) {
if (intervals[i].start < terminal) {
ret++;
if (intervals[i].end < terminal) {
terminal = intervals[i].end;
}
} else {
terminal = intervals[i].end;
}
}
return ret;
}
}