Algorithms  Programming Assignment 2

EE360C: Algorithms
 Programming Assignment 2

Programming Assignment 2

The goals of this lab are:
• Recognize algorithms you have learned in class in new contexts.
• Ensure that you understand certain aspects of graphs and greedy algorithms.
Problem Description
State A has multiple cities connected by roads. Suppose you are in charge of planning for a new bus
route to connect two cities s and v, based on existing roads. You want to make the transportation as fast
as possible, so you need to find the shortest route from s to v. You have a map that labels the length of
the road between any two cities. How would you plan for the bus route?
You received a new task. The telecom company plans to install fiber-optic Internet for the whole state.
For the convenience of building and maintaining, these fiber-optic cables should be installed by existing
roads. Your task is to decide the most efficient set of roads to install fiber-optic cables, such that the
fiber-optic internet is available at every city and the total length of fiber-optic cables is minimized.
In this project, you will implement a minimum heap by the minDist variable in the City class. You will
also implement an algorithm to find the minimum distance route between two given cities. Finally,
you will implement an algorithm to find which roads the fiber-optic cables should be installed by. You
can assume that following the road between two Cities takes equal time regardless of direction (i.e. a
connected undirected weighted graph). We will provide you with the following classes:
• City
Keeps track of int minDist (the minimum total distance needed to get to this City from the
starting City) and int name (the numerical id of the city, as written on the map). Also contains
ArrayList<City> neighbors (adjacent Cities) and ArrayList<Integer> weights (distances
to adjacent Cities).
• Heap
Needs to have all the properties of a heap. This class needs to function independently; the methods
we ask you to implement will not all be needed for your algorithm, but we will test them separately.
Only valid parameters will be passed into heap functions so you do not need to handle invalid
inputs.
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• Program2
The class that you will be implementing your algorithms in.
• Driver
Reads file input and populates ArrayList cities. You can modify testRun() for testing purposes, but we will use our own Driver to test your code.
You need to implement the Heap and Program2 classes. Driver.testRun() can be modified for your
own testing purposes, but we will run our own Driver and test cases.
Part 1: Write a report [20 points]
Write a short report that includes the following information:
(a) Give the pseudocode for your implementation of an algorithm to find the length of the minimum
distance route between two given Cities. Give the runtime of your algorithm and justify.
(b) Give the pseudocode for your implementation of an algorithm to find the minimum total length of
fiber-optic cables that must be used to connect all Cities. Give the runtime of your algorithm and
justify.
For both (a) and (b), make sure to give enough detail in your pseudocode so that the runtime can be
accurately determined. (For example, when following an edge to update the City’s minDist, how do you
“find" the corresponding City in the heap?) When justifying the runtime, go into sufficient depth to
show how your actual implementation maintains the desired runtime.
Part 2: Implement a Heap [20 points]
Complete Heap by implementing the following methods:
• void buildHeap(ArrayList<City> cities)
Given an ArrayList of Citys, build a minimum heap based on each City’s minDist in either
O(n log(n)) or O(n) time. In testing, we won’t be calling buildHeap more than once per test case.
• void insertNode(City in)
Insert City in in O(log(n)) time. Your heap should be able to grow beyond the original size.
• City findMin()
Return minimum in O(1) time.
• City extractMin()
Return minimum and delete from heap in O(log(n)) time.
• void delete(int index)
Delete the City at int index in O(log(n)) time.
• void changeKey(City s, int newDist)
Change minDist of City s to newDist and update the heap in O(log(n)) time.
Break any ties by int cityName.
For example if City 0 and City 1 both have minDist = 4, choose City 0 to be “smaller”.
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Part 3: Finding the Minimum Distance Route [30 points]
Implement an algorithm to find the minimum distance between two given Cities. You will be heavily
penalized for a non-polynomial time (in terms of the number of Cities) algorithm. This means you can’t
brute force the solution. More specifically, your target runtime should be O(m log(n)) where m is number of roads and n is number of cities. To achieve this you will need to use the heap. The specific inputs
provided and outputs expected are provided below.
Input(s):
• A starting City start
• A destination City dest
Output:
• A distance value where distance represents the minimum distance required to get from City
start to City dest. It is NOT necessary to explicitly return the actual shortest path tree as long as
your algorithm returns the correct distance.
Method Signature:
• int findMinimumRouteDistance(City start, City dest);
Part 4: Finding the Minimum fiber-optic cable Length [30 points]
Implement an algorithm to find the minimum fiber-optic cable length needed to connect every City,
given a list of Cities and road distances between them. You will be heavily penalized for a non-polynomial
time (in terms of the total number of Cities) algorithm. The specific inputs provided and outputs expected are provided below.
Input(s): none
Output:
• A minLen value where minLen represents the sum of the lengths of the roads under which the
fiber-optic cables will be installed. It is NOT necessary to explicitly return the MST as long as your
algorithm returns the correct minLen.
Method Signature:
• int findMinimumLength();
Of the files we have provided, City, Heap, and Program2 are what will be used in grading. Feel free to add
any methods or fields but be careful not to remove any to ensure that your classes remain compatible
with our grading. Also, feel free to add any additional Java files (of your own authorship) as you see fit.
The files you turn in MUST compile and run with the provided, unmodified Driver to ensure it runs
with the Driver used in grading.
Input File Format
The first line of file is the total number of Cities and the total number of roads between the Cities. The
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first number on each even line is the id of a city (natural number), and every number that follows it is
a city that is connected to it by a road. The first number on each odd line is the id of a city, and every
number that follows it is the distance of the road between it and the connected city in the line above.
For example, if the input file is as follows:
3 2
0 1
0 9
1 0 2
1 9 8
2 1
2 8
Then there are 3 cities, 2 roads.
City 0 has a road to City 1 with length 9.
City 1 has a road to City 0 with length 9 and City 2 with length 8.
City 2 has a road to City 1 with length 8.
We will parse the input files for you, so you don’t need to worry too much about the input file format
except when trying to make your own test cases.
We will use different inputs for testing, but test cases will have valid inputs so you do not need to handle
invalid inputs throughout your whole program.
Instructions
• Download and import the code into your favorite development environment. We will be grading
in Java 1.8 on the ECE LRC machines. Therefore, we recommend you use Java 1.8 and NOT other
versions of Java, as we can not guarantee that other versions of Java will be compatible with our
grading scripts. It is YOUR responsibility to ensure that your solution compiles with Java 1.8 on
the ECE LRC machines. If you have doubts, email a TA or post your question on Piazza.
• Do not add any package statements to your code. Some IDEs will make a new package for you
automatically. If your IDE does this, make sure that you remove the package statements from your
source files before turning in the assignment.
• If you do not know how to download Java or are having trouble choosing and running an IDE, email
a TA, post your question on Piazza, or visit the TAs during Office Hours.
• There are several .java files, but you only need to make modifications to Heap and Program2.
You may add additional source files in your solution if you so desire. There is a lot of starter code;
carefully study the code provided for you, and ensure that you understand it before starting to code
your solution. The set of provided files should compile and run successfully before you modify
them.
• Driver.java is the main driver program. It currently prints out your Graph and Heap. Modify
testRun() to suit your liking. A main portion of the lab is debugging—be sure to leave time for
that.
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• Make sure your program compiles on the LRC machines before you submit it.
• We will be checking programming style. A penalty of up to 10 points will be given for poor programming practices (e.g. do not name your variables foo1, foo2, int1, and int2).
"NOTE: To avoid receiving a 0 for the coded portion of this assignment, you MUST ensure that your
code correctly compiles with the original, unmodified starter files on Java 1.8. Do not modify the signatures or remove existing methods of Program2.java, Heap.java, or City.java. Do not add package
statements. Do not add extra imports. You must zip your code using the exact format described below
with no spaces. We recommend testing compilation of your code using the ECE LRC Linux machines
(using “javac *.java” and “java Driver [args] [inputfile.txt]”) after redownloading the starter files from
Canvas. We will not be allowing regrades on this assignment, so please be careful and double check that
your final submission is correct.
What To Submit (please read carefully)
You should submit to Canvas a single ZIP file titled pa2_eid_lastname_firstname.zip that contains Program2.java, Heap.java, City.java, and any extra .java files you added. Do not
submit Driver.java. Do not put your .java files in a folder before you zip them (i.e. the
files should be in the root of the ZIP archive). Your ZIP file name MUST have the exact format:
pa2_eid_lastname_firstname.zip. Be certain that there are no spaces in your zip file name. Failure
to follow these instructions will result in a penalty of up to 10 points.
Your PDF report should be typed or legibly scanned and submitted to Gradescope. Both your zipped
code and PDF report must be submitted by Tuesday, November 2th at 11:59 PM. If you are unable to
complete the lab by this time, you may submit the lab late until Friday, November 5th at 11:59 PM for a
20 point penalty.