From 3cc1d021ead7be62531da5a225d3cda70c4fa185 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brady J. Garvin" <bgarvin@cse.unl.edu> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:09:18 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Implemented the greedy algorithm for the encoding problem. --- .../src/features/encoding/solver.js | 19 ++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/greedy-algorithms/src/features/encoding/solver.js b/greedy-algorithms/src/features/encoding/solver.js index 7c7344b..ffa56ad 100644 --- a/greedy-algorithms/src/features/encoding/solver.js +++ b/greedy-algorithms/src/features/encoding/solver.js @@ -1,8 +1,25 @@ +import { PriorityQueue } from './collections.js'; + export function findEncoding(frequencies) { const results = new Map(); + const partitioning = new PriorityQueue(); for (const [meaning, frequency] of frequencies) { results.set(meaning, ''); + partitioning.insert(new Set([meaning]), frequency); + } + while (partitioning.size > 1) { + const [firstMeaningSet, firstFrequency] = partitioning.remove(); + const [secondMeaningSet, secondFrequency] = partitioning.remove(); + for (const meaning of firstMeaningSet) { + results.set(meaning, `0${results.get(meaning)}`); + } + for (const meaning of secondMeaningSet) { + results.set(meaning, `1${results.get(meaning)}`); + } + partitioning.insert( + new Set([...firstMeaningSet, ...secondMeaningSet]), + firstFrequency + secondFrequency, + ); } - // TODO: stub return results; } -- GitLab