Arranging Numbers on Circles to Reach Maximum Total Variations

نویسندگان

  • Ying-Jie Liao
  • Min-Zheng Shieh
  • Shi-Chun Tsai
چکیده

The dartboard problem is to arrange n numbers on a circle to obtain maximum risk, which is the sum of the q-th power of the absolute differences of adjacent numbers, for q ≥ 1. Curtis showed that the dartboard problem admits a greedy algorithm. We generalize the dartboard problem by considering more circles and the goal is to arrange kn number on k circles to obtain the maximum risk. In this paper, we characterize an optimal arrangement for k = 2 and show that the generalized dartboard problem also admits a greedy algorithm.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Electr. J. Comb.

دوره 14  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2007