''' mbinary ######################################################################### # File : matrixChainMultiply.py # Author: mbinary # Mail: zhuheqin1@gmail.com # Blog: https://mbinary.coding.me # Github: https://github.com/mbinary # Created Time: 2018-11-05 19:09 # Description: ######################################################################### ''' def matrixChainMultiply(seq): '''matrix chain multiply, find the optimalest comb to multiply eg ABCD, (AB)(CD), A((BC)D) seq: sequence of matrix's scale, eg [A.row,A.col,B.col,C.col,D.col] ''' print(seq) n = len(seq)-1 mat = [[0]*n for i in range(n)] mark = [[0]*n for i in range(n)] for l in range(1,n): for i in range(n): j = i+l if j>=n: continue mat[i][j] = None for k in range(i,j): tmp = mat[i][k]+mat[k+1][j]+seq[i]*seq[k+1]*seq[j+1] if mat[i][j] is None or mat[i][j]>tmp: mark[i][j] = k mat[i][j]= tmp s= findSolution(mark,0,n-1) print(s) return mat[0][n-1] def findSolution(mark,i,j): if j==i: return 'M{}'.format(i+1) if j-i==1: return 'M{} * M{}'.format(j,j+1) k = mark[i][j] return '('+findSolution(mark,i,k)+') * ('+findSolution(mark,k+1,j)+')' if __name__=='__main__': seq = [5,10,3,12,5,50,6] res = matrixChainMultiply(seq) print(res)