我的问题是参考此链接的方法 2。这里给出了两个等长的排序数组,我们必须找到合并的两个数组的中位数。
Algorithm:
1) Calculate the medians m1 and m2 of the input arrays ar1[]
and ar2[] respectively.
2) If m1 and m2 both are equal then we are done.
return m1 (or m2)
3) If m1 is greater than m2, then median is present in one
of the below two subarrays.
a) From first element of ar1 to m1 (ar1[0...|_n/2_|])
b) From m2 to last element of ar2 (ar2[|_n/2_|...n-1])
4) If m2 is greater than m1, then median is present in one
of the below two subarrays.
a) From m1 to last element of ar1 (ar1[|_n/2_|...n-1])
b) From first element of ar2 to m2 (ar2[0...|_n/2_|])
5) Repeat the above process until size of both the subarrays
becomes 2.
6) If size of the two arrays is 2 then use below formula to get
the median.
Median = (max(ar1[0], ar2[0]) + min(ar1[1], ar2[1]))/2
Example:
ar1[] = {1, 12, 15, 26, 38}
ar2[] = {2, 13, 17, 30, 45}
For above two arrays m1 = 15 and m2 = 17
For the above ar1[] and ar2[], m1 is smaller than m2. So median is present in one of the following two subarrays.
[15, 26, 38] and [2, 13, 17]
Let us repeat the process for above two subarrays:
m1 = 26 m2 = 13.
m1 is greater than m2. So the subarrays become
[15, 26] and [13, 17]
Now size is 2, so median = (max(ar1[0], ar2[0]) + min(ar1[1], ar2[1]))/2
= (max(15, 13) + min(26, 17))/2
= (15 + 17)/2
= 16
我了解他们如何排除数组的一半,并说中值元素将特别是数组的一半,即步骤 1, 2, 3, 4, 5。
但是我无法理解,他们怎么能说合并数组的中位数将是在修剪数组的一半后得到的合并数组的中位数,即 {1, 12, 15, 26 的合并数组的中位数, 38} 和 {2, 13, 17, 30, 45} 将是 {2,13,17} 和 {15, 26, 38} 的合并数组的中位数。
请解释。提前致谢。