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Non-decreasing subsequence of size k with minimum sum

Given a sequence of n integers, you have to find out the non-decreasing subsequence of length k with minimum sum. If no sequence exists output -1.
Examples : 
 

Input : [58 12 11 12 82 30 20 77 16 86], 
        k = 3
Output : 39
{11 + 12 + 16}

Input : [58 12 11 12 82 30 20 77 16 86], 
        k = 4
Output : 120
{11 + 12 + 20 + 77}

Input : [58 12 11 12 82 30 20 77 16 86], 
        k = 5
Output : 206

 

Recommended Practice

Let solve(i, k) be the minimum sum of a subsequence of size k ending at index i. Then there would be two states: 
1. Include current element. {solve(j, k-1) + a[i]} 
2. Exclude current element. {solve(j, k)} 
Our recurrence state would be: 

 
dp[i][k] = min(solve(j, k-1) + a[i], solve(j, k)) 
  if a[i] >= a[j] for all 0 <= j <= i.

 

C++




// C++ program to find Non-decreasing sequence
// of size k with minimum sum
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
const int MAX = 100;
const int inf = 2e9;
 
// Global table used for memoization
int dp[MAX][MAX];
 
void initialize()
{
    for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
        for (int j = 0; j < MAX; j++)
            dp[i][j] = -1;
}
 
int solve(int arr[], int i, int k)
{
    // If already computed
    if (dp[i][k] != -1)
        return dp[i][k];
 
    // Corner cases
    if (i < 0)
        return inf;
    if (k == 1) {
        int ans = inf;
        for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
            ans = min(ans, arr[j]);
        return ans;
    }
 
    // Recursive computation.
    int ans = inf;
    for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
        if (arr[i] >= arr[j])
            ans = min(ans, min(solve(arr, j, k),
                               solve(arr, j, k - 1) + arr[i]));
        else {
            ans = min(ans, solve(arr, j, k));
        }
 
    dp[i][k] = ans;
    return dp[i][k];
}
 
// Driver code
int main()
{
    initialize();
    int a[] = { 58, 12, 11, 12, 82, 30,
                20, 77, 16, 86 };
    int n = sizeof(a) / sizeof(a[0]);
    int k = 4;
    cout << solve(a, n - 1, k) << endl;
    return 0;
}


Java




// Java program to find Non-decreasing sequence
// of size k with minimum sum
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
 
class GFG {
    public static int MAX = 100;
    public static int inf = 1000000;
 
    // Table used for memoization
    public static int[][] dp = new int[MAX][MAX];
 
    // initialize
    static void initialize()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
            for (int j = 0; j < MAX; j++)
                dp[i][j] = -1;
    }
 
    // Function to find non-decreasing sequence
    // of size k with minimum sum
    static int solve(int arr[], int i, int k)
    {
        // If already computed
        if (dp[i][k] != -1)
            return dp[i][k];
 
        // Corner cases
        if (i < 0)
            return inf;
        if (k == 1) {
            int ans = inf;
            for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
                ans = Math.min(ans, arr[j]);
            return ans;
        }
 
        // Recursive computation
        int ans = inf;
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
            if (arr[i] >= arr[j])
                ans = Math.min(ans, Math.min(solve(arr, j, k), solve(arr, j, k - 1) + arr[i]));
            else
                ans = Math.min(ans, solve(arr, j, k));
 
        dp[i][k] = ans;
 
        return dp[i][k];
    }
 
    // driver program
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        initialize();
        int a[] = { 58, 12, 11, 12, 82, 30,
                    20, 77, 16, 86 };
        int n = a.length;
        int k = 4;
        System.out.println(solve(a, n - 1, k));
    }
}
 
// Contributed by Pramod Kumar


Python3




# Python program to find Non-decreasing sequence
# of size k with minimum sum
  
# Global table used for memoization
dp = []
for i in range(10**2 + 1):
    temp = [-1]*(10**2 + 1)
    dp.append(temp)
  
def solve(a, i, k):
    if dp[i][k] != -1# Memoization
        return dp[i][k]
    elif i < 0: # out of bounds
        return float('inf')
  
    # when there is only one element
    elif k == 1:   
        return min(a[: i + 1])
  
    # Else two cases
    # 1 include current element
    # solve(a, j, k-1) + a[i]
    # 2 ignore current element
    # solve(a, j, k)
    else
        ans = float('inf')
        for j in range(i):
            if a[i] >= a[j]:
                ans = min(ans, solve(a, j, k), solve(a, j, k-1) + a[i])
            else:
                ans = min(ans, solve(a, j, k))
        dp[i][k] = ans
        return dp[i][k]
  
# Driver code
a = [58, 12, 11, 12, 82, 30, 20, 77, 16, 86]       
print (solve(a, len(a)-1, 4))


C#




// C# program to find Non-decreasing sequence
// of size k with minimum sum
using System;
 
class GFG {
     
    public static int MAX = 100;
    public static int inf = 1000000;
 
    // Table used for memoization
    public static int[, ] dp = new int[MAX, MAX];
 
    // initialize
    static void initialize()
    {
        for (int i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
          for (int j = 0; j < MAX; j++)
            dp[i, j] = -1;
    }
 
    // Function to find non-decreasing
    // sequence of size k with minimum sum
    static int solve(int[] arr, int i, int k)
    {
        int ans = 0;
         
        // If already computed
        if (dp[i, k] != -1)
            return dp[i, k];
 
        // Corner cases
        if (i < 0)
            return inf;
        if (k == 1)
        {
            ans = inf;
            for (int j = 0; j <= i; j++)
            ans = Math.Min(ans, arr[i]);
            return ans;
        }
 
        // Recursive computation
        ans = inf;
        for (int j = 0; j < i; j++)
            if (arr[i] >= arr[j])
                ans = Math.Min(ans, Math.Min(solve(arr, j, k),
                               solve(arr, j, k - 1) + arr[i]));
            else
                ans = Math.Min(ans, solve(arr, j, k));
 
        dp[i, k] = ans;
 
        return dp[i, k];
    }
 
    // driver program
    public static void Main()
    {
        initialize();
        int[] a = { 58, 12, 11, 12, 82, 30,
                          20, 77, 16, 86 };
        int n = a.Length;
        int k = 4;
        Console.WriteLine(solve(a, n - 1, k));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by vt_m


Javascript




<script>
 
    // Javascript program to find
    // Non-decreasing sequence
    // of size k with minimum sum
     
    let MAX = 100;
    let inf = 1000000;
   
    // Table used for memoization
    let dp = new Array(MAX);
    for (let i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
    {
      dp[i] = new Array(MAX);
      for (let j = 0; j < MAX; j++)
      {
            dp[i][j] = 0;
      }
    }
   
    // initialize
    function initialize()
    {
        for (let i = 0; i < MAX; i++)
            for (let j = 0; j < MAX; j++)
                dp[i][j] = -1;
    }
   
    // Function to find non-decreasing sequence
    // of size k with minimum sum
    function solve(arr, i, k)
    {
        // If already computed
        if (dp[i][k] != -1)
            return dp[i][k];
   
        // Corner cases
        if (i < 0)
            return inf;
        if (k == 1) {
            let ans = inf;
            for (let j = 0; j <= i; j++)
                ans = Math.min(ans, arr[j]);
            return ans;
        }
   
        // Recursive computation
        let ans = inf;
        for (let j = 0; j < i; j++)
            if (arr[i] >= arr[j])
                ans = Math.min(ans, Math.min(solve(arr, j, k),
                solve(arr, j, k - 1) + arr[i]));
            else
                ans = Math.min(ans, solve(arr, j, k));
   
        dp[i][k] = ans;
   
        return dp[i][k];
    }
     
    initialize();
    let a = [ 58, 12, 11, 12, 82, 30, 20, 77, 16, 86 ];
    let n = a.length;
    let k = 4;
    document.write(solve(a, n - 1, k));
     
</script>


Output:

 120

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