| ▲ | nijave 5 days ago |
| I.e. the nearest neighbor problem. Presumably seeing if the candidate gave a naive solution and was able to optimize or find a more ideal solution |
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| ▲ | ojr 5 days ago | parent [-] |
| its not a nearest neighbor problem that is incorrect, they expect candidates to have the heap solution on the first go, you have 10-15 minutes to answer, no time to optimize, cheaters get blacklisted, welcome to the new reality |
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| ▲ | esafak 5 days ago | parent | next [-] | | Finding the k points closest to the origin (or any other point) is obviously the k-nearest neighbors problem. What algorithm and data structure you use does not change that. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nearest_neighbor_search edit: If you want to use a heap, the general solution is to define an appropriate cost function; e.g., the p-norm distance to a reference point. Use a union type with the distance (for the heap's comparisons) and the point itself. | | |
| ▲ | ojr 5 days ago | parent [-] | | true, I am thinking, Node and neighbors, this is a heap problem, it actually does matter what algorithm you use, I learn that the hard way today, trying to implement quickselect vs using a heap library (I didn't know you could do that) is much easier, don't make the same mistake! |
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| ▲ | butlike 5 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | Wish it was more how you think than requiring boolean correct/incorrect answer on the whiteboard after 15min. |
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