1011. Capacity To Ship Packages Within D Days


LeetCode 1011. Capacity To Ship Packages Within D Days [Medium]

  • A conveyor belt has packages that must be shipped from one port to another within D days.
  • The i-th package on the conveyor belt has a weight of weights[i]. Each day, we load the ship with packages on the conveyor belt (in the order given by weights). We may not load more weight than the maximum weight capacity of the ship.
  • Return the least weight capacity of the ship that will result in all the packages on the conveyor belt being shipped within D days.

Example 1

Input: weights = [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10], D = 5
Output: 15
Explanation: 
A ship capacity of 15 is the minimum to ship all the packages in 5 days like this:
1st day: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
2nd day: 6, 7
3rd day: 8
4th day: 9
5th day: 10

Note that the cargo must be shipped in the order given, so using a ship of capacity 14 and splitting the packages into parts like (2, 3, 4, 5), (1, 6, 7), (8), (9), (10) is not allowed. 

Example 2

Input: weights = [3,2,2,4,1,4], D = 3
Output: 6
Explanation: 
A ship capacity of 6 is the minimum to ship all the packages in 3 days like this:
1st day: 3, 2
2nd day: 2, 4
3rd day: 1, 4

Example 3

Input: weights = [1,2,3,1,1], D = 4
Output: 3
Explanation: 
1st day: 1
2nd day: 2
3rd day: 3
4th day: 1, 1

Method 1

【O(nlog(sum(weights)))time∣O(1)space】
package Leetcode.BinarySearch;

import java.util.Arrays;

/**
 * @author zhengstars
 * @date 2024/01/28
 */
public class Capacity {
    public static int shipWithinDays(int[] weights, int D) {
        // Determine the initial lower and upper bounds of the binary search.
        // The lower bound (left) is the maximum weight in the array.
        // The upper bound (right) is the sum of all weights.
        int left = Arrays.stream(weights).max().getAsInt();
        int right = Arrays.stream(weights).sum();

        // Perform the binary search.
        while (left < right) {
            // Calculate the middle point.
            int mid = left + (right - left) / 2;

            // Initialize the number of days needed to 1 and the current weight to 0.
            int need = 1;
            int cur = 0;

            // Loop through the weights array.
            for (int weight : weights) {
                // If the current sum of weights is greater than mid, we need to increase the day count and reset the current weight.
                if (cur + weight > mid) {
                    need++;
                    cur = 0;
                }
                // Add the weight to the current weight.
                cur += weight;
            }

            // If the number of days needed exceeds D, we need to increase the lower bound of the binary search.
            // Otherwise, we can decrease the upper bound.
            if (need > D) {
                left = mid + 1;
            } else {
                right = mid;
            }
        }
        // Return the optimal ship weight capacity.
        return left;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // Test Case 1
        System.out.println(shipWithinDays(new int[]{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10}, 5)); // Output: 15

        // Test Case 2
        System.out.println(shipWithinDays(new int[]{3,2,2,4,1,4}, 3)); // Output: 6

        // Test Case 3
        System.out.println(shipWithinDays(new int[]{1,2,3,1,1}, 4)); // Output: 3
    }
}




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