freeCodeCamp/curriculum/challenges/italian/10-coding-interview-prep/rosetta-code/closest-pair-problem.md

id, title, challengeType, forumTopicId, dashedName

id	title	challengeType	forumTopicId	dashedName
5951a53863c8a34f02bf1bdc	Problema della coppia più vicina	5	302232	closest-pair-problem

--description--

Crea una funzione che trova i due punti più vicini tra quelli in un set di punti in due dimensioni.

La soluzione diretta è un algoritmo O(n^2) (che possiamo chiamare algoritmo a forza bruta (brute-force)); lo pseudo-codice (usando indici) potrebbe essere semplicemente:

bruteForceClosestPair di P(1), P(2), ... P(N)
if N < 2 then
  return ∞
else
  minDistance ← |P(1) - P(2)|
  minPoints ← { P(1), P(2) }
  foreach i ∈ [1, N-1]
    foreach j ∈ [i+1, N]
      if |P(i) - P(j)| < minDistance then
        minDistance ← |P(i) - P(j)|
        minPoints ← { P(i), P(j) }
      endif
    endfor
  endfor
  return minDistance, minPoints
endif

Un algoritmo migliore è basato sull'approccio ricorsivo dividi e conquista, che è O(n\log n), uno pseudocodice potrebbe essere:

closestPair of (xP, yP)
  where xP is P(1) .. P(N) sorted by x coordinate, and
  yP is P(1) .. P(N) sorted by y coordinate (ascending order)
if N ≤ 3 then
  return closest points of xP using brute-force algorithm
else
  xL ← points of xP from 1 to ⌈N/2⌉
  xR ← points of xP from ⌈N/2⌉+1 to N
  xm ← xP(⌈N/2⌉)x
  yL ← { p ∈ yP : px ≤ xm }
  yR ← { p ∈ yP : px > xm }
  (dL, pairL) ← closestPair of (xL, yL)
  (dR, pairR) ← closestPair of (xR, yR)
  (dmin, pairMin) ← (dR, pairR)
  if dL < dR then
    (dmin, pairMin) ← (dL, pairL)
  endif
  yS ← { p ∈ yP : |xm - px| < dmin }
  nS ← number of points in yS
  (closest, closestPair) ← (dmin, pairMin)
  for i from 1 to nS - 1
    k ← i + 1
    while k ≤ nS and yS(k)y - yS(i)y < dmin
      if |yS(k) - yS(i)| < closest then
        (closest, closestPair) ← (|yS(k) - yS(i)|, {yS(k), yS(i)})
      endif
      k ← k + 1
    endwhile
  endfor
  return closest, closestPair
endif

Per l'input, aspettati che l'argomento sia un array di oggetti Point con i membri x e y impostati come numeri. Restituisci un oggetto contenete le coppie chiave-valore per distance e pair (la coppia dei due punti più vicini).

Per esempio getClosestPair con input array points:

const points = [
  new Point(1, 2),
  new Point(3, 3),
  new Point(2, 2)
];

Restituirebbe:

{
  distance: 1,
  pair: [
    {
      x: 1,
      y: 2
    },
    {
      x: 2,
      y: 2
    }
  ]
}

Nota: Ordina l'array pair secondo i valori x in ordine crescente.

--hints--

getClosestPair dovrebbe essere una funzione.

assert(typeof getClosestPair === 'function');

getClosestPair(points1).distance dovrebbe essere 0.0894096443343775.

assert.equal(getClosestPair(points1).distance, answer1.distance);

getClosestPair(points1).pair dovrebbe essere [ { x: 7.46489, y: 4.6268 }, { x: 7.46911, y: 4.71611 } ].

assert.deepEqual(
  JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(getClosestPair(points1))).pair,
  answer1.pair
);

getClosestPair(points2).distance dovrebbe essere 65.06919393998976.

assert.equal(getClosestPair(points2).distance, answer2.distance);

getClosestPair(points2).pair dovrebbe essere [ { x: 37134, y: 1963 }, { x: 37181, y: 2008 } ].

assert.deepEqual(
  JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(getClosestPair(points2))).pair,
  answer2.pair
);

getClosestPair(points3).distance dovrebbe essere 6754.625082119658.

assert.equal(getClosestPair(points3).distance, answer3.distance);

getClosestPair(points3).pair dovrebbe essere [ { x: 46817, y: 64975 }, { x: 48953, y: 58567 } ].

assert.deepEqual(
  JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(getClosestPair(points3))).pair,
  answer3.pair
);

--seed--

--after-user-code--

const points1 = [
    new Point(0.748501, 4.09624),
    new Point(3.00302, 5.26164),
    new Point(3.61878,  9.52232),
    new Point(7.46911,  4.71611),
    new Point(5.7819,   2.69367),
    new Point(2.34709,  8.74782),
    new Point(2.87169,  5.97774),
    new Point(6.33101,  0.463131),
    new Point(7.46489,  4.6268),
    new Point(1.45428,  0.087596)
];

const answer1 = {
  distance: 0.0894096443343775,
  pair: [
    {
      x: 7.46489,
      y: 4.6268
    },
    {
      x: 7.46911,
      y: 4.71611
    }
  ]
};

const points2 = [
  new Point(37100, 13118),
  new Point(37134, 1963),
  new Point(37181, 2008),
  new Point(37276, 21611),
  new Point(37307, 9320)
];

const answer2 = {
  distance: 65.06919393998976,
  pair: [
    {
      x: 37134,
      y: 1963
    },
    {
      x: 37181,
      y: 2008
    }
  ]
};

const points3 = [
  new Point(16910, 54699),
  new Point(14773, 61107),
  new Point(95547, 45344),
  new Point(95951, 17573),
  new Point(5824, 41072),
  new Point(8769, 52562),
  new Point(21182, 41881),
  new Point(53226, 45749),
  new Point(68180, 887),
  new Point(29322, 44017),
  new Point(46817, 64975),
  new Point(10501, 483),
  new Point(57094, 60703),
  new Point(23318, 35472),
  new Point(72452, 88070),
  new Point(67775, 28659),
  new Point(19450, 20518),
  new Point(17314, 26927),
  new Point(98088, 11164),
  new Point(25050, 56835),
  new Point(8364, 6892),
  new Point(37868, 18382),
  new Point(23723, 7701),
  new Point(55767, 11569),
  new Point(70721, 66707),
  new Point(31863, 9837),
  new Point(49358, 30795),
  new Point(13041, 39744),
  new Point(59635, 26523),
  new Point(25859, 1292),
  new Point(1551, 53890),
  new Point(70316, 94479),
  new Point(48549, 86338),
  new Point(46413, 92747),
  new Point(27186, 50426),
  new Point(27591, 22655),
  new Point(10905, 46153),
  new Point(40408, 84202),
  new Point(52821, 73520),
  new Point(84865, 77388),
  new Point(99819, 32527),
  new Point(34404, 75657),
  new Point(78457, 96615),
  new Point(42140, 5564),
  new Point(62175, 92342),
  new Point(54958, 67112),
  new Point(4092, 19709),
  new Point(99415, 60298),
  new Point(51090, 52158),
  new Point(48953, 58567)
];

const answer3 = {
  distance: 6754.625082119658,
  pair: [
    {
      x: 46817,
      y: 64975
    },
    {
      x: 48953,
      y: 58567
    }
  ]
}

--seed-contents--

const Point = function(x, y) {
  this.x = x;
  this.y = y;
};
Point.prototype.getX = function() {
  return this.x;
};
Point.prototype.getY = function() {
  return this.y;
};

function getClosestPair(pointsArr) {

  return true;
}

--solutions--

const Point = function(x, y) {
  this.x = x;
  this.y = y;
};
Point.prototype.getX = function() {
  return this.x;
};
Point.prototype.getY = function() {
  return this.y;
};

const mergeSort = function mergeSort(points, comp) {
    if(points.length < 2) return points;

    var n = points.length,
        i = 0,
        j = 0,
        leftN = Math.floor(n / 2),
        rightN = leftN;

    var leftPart = mergeSort( points.slice(0, leftN), comp),
        rightPart = mergeSort( points.slice(rightN), comp );

    var sortedPart = [];

    while((i < leftPart.length) && (j < rightPart.length)) {
        if(comp(leftPart[i], rightPart[j]) < 0) {
            sortedPart.push(leftPart[i]);
            i += 1;
        }
        else {
            sortedPart.push(rightPart[j]);
            j += 1;
        }
    }
    while(i < leftPart.length) {
        sortedPart.push(leftPart[i]);
        i += 1;
    }
    while(j < rightPart.length) {
        sortedPart.push(rightPart[j]);
        j += 1;
    }
    return sortedPart;
};

const closestPair = function _closestPair(Px, Py) {
    if(Px.length < 2) return { distance: Infinity, pair: [ new Point(0, 0), new Point(0, 0) ] };
    if(Px.length < 3) {
        //find euclid distance
        var d = Math.sqrt( Math.pow(Math.abs(Px[1].x - Px[0].x), 2) + Math.pow(Math.abs(Px[1].y - Px[0].y), 2) );
        return {
            distance: d,
            pair: [ Px[0], Px[1] ]
        };
    }

    var n = Px.length,
        leftN = Math.floor(n / 2),
        rightN = leftN;

    var Xl = Px.slice(0, leftN),
        Xr = Px.slice(rightN),
        Xm = Xl[leftN - 1],
        Yl = [],
        Yr = [];
    //separate Py
    for(var i = 0; i < Py.length; i += 1) {
        if(Py[i].x <= Xm.x)
            Yl.push(Py[i]);
        else
            Yr.push(Py[i]);
    }

    var dLeft = _closestPair(Xl, Yl),
        dRight = _closestPair(Xr, Yr);

    var minDelta = dLeft.distance,
        closestPair = dLeft.pair;
    if(dLeft.distance > dRight.distance) {
        minDelta = dRight.distance;
        closestPair = dRight.pair;
    }

    //filter points around Xm within delta (minDelta)
    var closeY = [];
    for(i = 0; i < Py.length; i += 1) {
        if(Math.abs(Py[i].x - Xm.x) < minDelta) closeY.push(Py[i]);
    }
    //find min within delta. 8 steps max
    for(i = 0; i < closeY.length; i += 1) {
        for(var j = i + 1; j < Math.min( (i + 8), closeY.length ); j += 1) {
            var d = Math.sqrt( Math.pow(Math.abs(closeY[j].x - closeY[i].x), 2) + Math.pow(Math.abs(closeY[j].y - closeY[i].y), 2) );
            if(d < minDelta) {
                minDelta = d;
                closestPair = [ closeY[i], closeY[j] ]
            }
        }
    }

    return {
        distance: minDelta,
        pair: closestPair.sort((pointA, pointB) => pointA.x - pointB.x)
    };
};

function getClosestPair(points) {
  const sortX = function(a, b) { return (a.x < b.x) ? -1 : ((a.x > b.x) ? 1 : 0); }
  const sortY = function(a, b) { return (a.y < b.y) ? -1 : ((a.y > b.y) ? 1 : 0); }

  const Px = mergeSort(points, sortX);
  const Py = mergeSort(points, sortY);

  return closestPair(Px, Py);
}