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Amazon OA - Compute Minimum Delivery Time

Problem Statement

Amazon is expanding its next-generation drone delivery network, consisting of m hubs arranged in a circular ring (Hub 1 is adjacent to Hub m).
iam failing test cases what should i do and what changes

A drone can move to either adjacent hub, and the travel time between Hub i and its clockwise adjacent hub is given by:

transitionTime[i]

using 1-based indexing.

Specifically,

  • Edge (1 → 2) has cost transitionTime[1]
  • Edge (2 → 3) has cost transitionTime[2]
  • ...
  • Edge (m → 1) has cost transitionTime[m]

Since the hubs form a circle, the drone may travel either clockwise or counterclockwise between any two hubs.

Amazon receives a sequence of priority delivery requests represented by the array:

requestedHubs

The drone:

  • starts at Hub 1
  • must visit the hubs in the exact order given in requestedHubs
  • may choose the shorter of the clockwise or counterclockwise path for each movement.

Your task is to compute the minimum total travel time required to complete all requests.

Function Signature

c
long computeMinDeliveryTime(
    int requestedHubs_count,
    int* requestedHubs,
    int transitionTime_count,
    int* transitionTime
);

Parameters

requestedHubs[n]

Sequence of hubs that must be visited.

transitionTime[m]

transitionTime[i] is the time required to travel from hub i to its clockwise adjacent hub.

Returns

long

The minimum total travel time required to visit every requested hub in order.

Note

Use 1-based indexing.

Example

text
m = 3
n = 4

transitionTime = [3, 2, 1]

requestedHubs = [1, 3, 3, 2]

Explanation

The drone starts at Hub 1.

  1. Hub 1 → Hub 1

Already there.

Cost = 0

  1. Hub 1 → Hub 3

Clockwise:

text
1 → 2 → 3
= 3 + 2
= 5

Counterclockwise:

text
1 → 3
= 1

Choose counterclockwise.

Cost = 1

  1. Hub 3 → Hub 3

Already there.

Cost = 0

  1. Hub 3 → Hub 2

Clockwise:

text
3 → 1 → 2
= 1 + 3
= 4

Counterclockwise:

text
3 → 2
= 2

Choose counterclockwise.

Cost = 2

Total minimum travel time:

0 + 1 + 0 + 2 = 3

(Note: The screenshots you shared contain an example with a stated answer of 4 seconds while also describing paths that sum to 3 seconds. This appears to be an inconsistency in the reconstructed text. The original OA examples may differ slightly.)

Sample Input

text
requestedHubs size = 4

requestedHubs =
2
3
3
1

transitionTime size = 3

transitionTime =
3
2
1

Equivalent arrays:

text
requestedHubs = [2,3,3,1]

transitionTime = [3,2,1]

Sample Output

6

Explanation

Start at Hub 1.

Move:

1 → 2

Minimum cost = 3

Move:

2 → 3

Minimum cost = 2

Move:

3 → 3

Cost = 0

Move:

3 → 1

Minimum cost = 1

Total:

3 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 6

Constraints

text
1 ≤ n ≤ 2 × 10^5
1 ≤ m ≤ 5000
1 ≤ requestedHubs[i] ≤ m
1 ≤ transitionTime[i] ≤ 10^6

Expected Complexity

The intended solution should run in approximately:

  • Time: O(n + m)
  • Space: O(m)

A prefix-sum approach over the circular graph allows each hub-to-hub query to be answered in O(1) after preprocessing.
10:45 PM

Bug Found: Loop Starts at i=0 Instead of i=1
Your logic and formula are correct, but there's one critical bug in the prefix sum construction loop.

The Problem
cpp

for(int i=0; i<=m; i++) { // ← i starts at 0!
prefix[i+1] = prefix[i] + hubTransitionTimes[i-1]; // ← when i=0: hubTransitionTimes[-1] = UB!
}
When i=0:

hubTransitionTimes[i-1] → hubTransitionTimes[-1] → undefined behavior
Also overwrites your manually set prefix[1] = 0 with garbage
The Fix
cpp

for(int i = 1; i <= m; i++) { // ← start at 1, not 0
prefix[i+1] = prefix[i] + hubTransitionTimes[i-1];
}
Verification with Sample Input
transitionTime = [3, 2, 1], m=3, requestedHubs = [2, 3, 3, 1]

i prefix[i+1] = prefix[i] + transitionTime[i-1]
1 prefix[2] = 0 + 3 = 3
2 prefix[3] = 3 + 2 = 5
3 prefix[4] = 5 + 1 = 6
total = 6

Step cur→dest CW = (prefix[dest]-prefix[cur]+total)%total CCW min
1→2 1→2 (3-0+6)%6 = 3 3 3
2→3 2→3 (5-3+6)%6 = 2 4 2
3→3 skip — — 0
3→1 3→1 (0-5+6)%6 = 1 5 1
Total = 3 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 6 ✓

Corrected Code
cpp

long computeMinDeliveryTime(vector<int> deliverySequence, vector<int> hubTransitionTimes) {
int m = hubTransitionTimes.size();
vector<long long> prefix(m + 2, 0);
prefix[1] = 0;
for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) { // ← fixed: start at 1
prefix[i+1] = prefix[i] + hubTransitionTimes[i-1];
}
long long total = prefix[m+1];
long long ans = 0;
int cur = 1;
for (int dest : deliverySequence) {
if (dest == cur) continue;
long long cw = (prefix[dest] - prefix[cur] + total) % total;
long long ccw = total - cw;
ans += min(cw, ccw);
cur = dest;
}
return ans;
}

사고

I’ll focus on the likely hidden-test failures: prefix indexing, integer overflow, and matching the exact function signature expected by the OA.

Thought for 15s

답변

Your main fixes should be:

  1. Build prefix sums correctly
  2. Use 64-bit integers
  3. Match the exact OA function signature
  4. Be careful with 1-based hub indexing

Here is the corrected C version for the given signature:

c
long computeMinDeliveryTime(
    int requestedHubs_count,
    int* requestedHubs,
    int transitionTime_count,
    int* transitionTime
) {
    int m = transitionTime_count;

    // prefix[i] = clockwise distance from Hub 1 to Hub i
    // 1-based hub indexing:
    // prefix[1] = 0
    // prefix[2] = transitionTime[0]
    // prefix[3] = transitionTime[0] + transitionTime[1]
    long long prefix[m + 2];

    prefix[1] = 0;

    for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
        prefix[i + 1] = prefix[i] + transitionTime[i - 1];
    }

    long long total = prefix[m + 1];
    long long ans = 0;

    int cur = 1;  // Drone starts at Hub 1

    for (int i = 0; i < requestedHubs_count; i++) {
        int dest = requestedHubs[i];

        long long clockwise =
            (prefix[dest] - prefix[cur] + total) % total;

        long long counterclockwise = total - clockwise;

        ans += clockwise < counterclockwise ? clockwise : counterclockwise;

        cur = dest;
    }

    return (long)ans;
}

The most important hidden-test issue is overflow.

These constraints are large:

text
m <= 5000
transitionTime[i] <= 1,000,000
n <= 200,000

So:

text
total ring cost can be 5,000,000,000
answer can be around 500,000,000,000,000

That does not fit in int.

So these must be long long:

c
prefix
total
clockwise
counterclockwise
ans

Also, this loop is wrong:

c
for (int i = 0; i <= m; i++) {
    prefix[i + 1] = prefix[i] + transitionTime[i - 1];
}

Because when i = 0:

c
transitionTime[i - 1]
= transitionTime[-1]

That is undefined behavior and will fail hidden tests.

Correct loop:

c
for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
    prefix[i + 1] = prefix[i] + transitionTime[i - 1];
}

For the sample:

text
requestedHubs = [2, 3, 3, 1]
transitionTime = [3, 2, 1]

Prefix becomes:

text
prefix[1] = 0
prefix[2] = 3
prefix[3] = 5
prefix[4] = 6
total = 6

Moves:

text
1 -> 2 = min(3, 3) = 3
2 -> 3 = min(2, 4) = 2
3 -> 3 = 0
3 -> 1 = min(1, 5) = 1

Total:

text
3 + 2 + 0 + 1 = 6

So if you are still failing test cases after fixing the loop, the next likely reason is that you used int somewhere instead of long long.

질문

give solution in c++ 20

답변

Here is the accepted-style C++20 solution:

cpp
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

long computeMinDeliveryTime(vector<int> requestedHubs, vector<int> transitionTime) {
    int m = transitionTime.size();

    // prefix[i] = clockwise distance from Hub 1 to Hub i
    // Hubs are 1-based.
    vector<long long> prefix(m + 2, 0);

    for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
        prefix[i + 1] = prefix[i] + transitionTime[i - 1];
    }

    long long total = prefix[m + 1];
    long long ans = 0;

    int cur = 1;  // drone starts at Hub 1

    for (int dest : requestedHubs) {
        long long clockwise = (prefix[dest] - prefix[cur] + total) % total;
        long long counterclockwise = total - clockwise;

        ans += min(clockwise, counterclockwise);
        cur = dest;
    }

    return (long)ans;
}

If your platform uses this exact function signature instead:

cpp
long computeMinDeliveryTime(
    int requestedHubs_count,
    int* requestedHubs,
    int transitionTime_count,
    int* transitionTime
)

then use this C++20 version:

cpp
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

long computeMinDeliveryTime(
    int requestedHubs_count,
    int* requestedHubs,
    int transitionTime_count,
    int* transitionTime
) {
    int m = transitionTime_count;

    vector<long long> prefix(m + 2, 0);

    for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++) {
        prefix[i + 1] = prefix[i] + transitionTime[i - 1];
    }

    long long total = prefix[m + 1];
    long long ans = 0;

    int cur = 1;

    for (int i = 0; i < requestedHubs_count; i++) {
        int dest = requestedHubs[i];

        long long clockwise = (prefix[dest] - prefix[cur] + total) % total;
        long long counterclockwise = total - clockwise;

        ans += min(clockwise, counterclockwise);

        cur = dest;
    }

    return (long)ans;
}

Key points:

cpp
for (int i = 1; i <= m; i++)

not:

cpp
for (int i = 0; i <= m; i++)

Also, use long long for prefix sums and answer. Hidden test cases can overflow int.

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