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+CS 532-001, Algorithms, Fall 2019
+HW5 - DP (part 1: simple)
+
+HWs 5-7 are all on DPs.
+
+Due Monday Oct 28, 11:59pm.
+No late submission will be accepted.
+
+Need to submit report.txt, mis.py, bsts.py, bitstrings.py.
+mis.py will be graded for correctness (1%).
+
+To submit:
+flip $ /nfs/farm/classes/eecs/fall2019/cs325-001/submit hw5 report.txt {mis,bsts,bitstrings}.py
+(You can submit each file separately, or submit them together.)
+
+To see your best results so far:
+flip $ /nfs/farm/classes/eecs/fall2019/cs325-001/query hw5
+
+
+Textbooks for References:
+[1] CLRS Ch. 15
+[2] KT Ch. 6
+    or Ch. 5 in a previous version:
+    http://cs.furman.edu/~chealy/cs361/kleinbergbook.pdf   
+
+Hint: Among the three coding questions, p3 is the easiest, and p1 is similar to p3.
+      You'll realize that both are very similar to p0 (Fibonacci).
+      p2 is slightly different from these, but still very easy.
+
+0. (Optional) Is Fibonacci REALLY O(n)?
+   Hint: the value of f(n) itself grows exponentially.	    
+
+1. [WILL BE GRADED]
+   Maximum Weighted Independent Set 
+
+   [HINT] independent set is a set where no two numbers are neighbors in the original list.
+   	  see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independent_set_(graph_theory)
+
+   input:  a list of numbers (could be negative)
+   output: a pair of the max sum and the list of numbers chosen
+
+   >>> max_wis([7,8,5])
+   (12, [7,5])
+
+   >>> max_wis([-1,8,10])
+   (10, [10])
+
+   >>> max_wis([])
+   (0, [])
+
+   [HINT] if all numbers are negative, the optimal solution is 0,
+          since [] is an independent set according to the definition above.
+
+   >>> max_wis([-5, -1, -4])
+   (0, [])
+
+   Q: What's the complexity?
+   
+   Include both top-down (max_wis()) and bottom-up (max_wis2()) solutions, 
+   and make sure they produce exact same results. 
+   We'll only grade the top-down version.
+
+   Tie-breaking: any best solution is considered correct.
+
+   Filename: mis.py
+
+   [HINT] you can also use the naive O(2^n) exhaustive search method to verify your answer.
+   
+
+2. Number of n-node BSTs
+
+   input: n
+   output: number of n-node BSTs
+
+   >>> bsts(2)
+   2
+   >>> bsts(3)
+   5
+   >>> bsts(5)
+   42
+
+   [HINT] There are two 2-node BSTs:
+      2    1
+     /      \
+    1        2
+   Note that all other 2-node BSTs are *isomorphic* to either one.
+      
+   Qa: What's the complexity of this DP?
+   
+   Qb: What's the name of this famous number series?
+
+   Feel free to use any implementation style.
+   
+   Filename: bsts.py
+
+3. Number of bit strings of length n that has
+
+   1) no two consecutive 0s.
+   2) two consecutive 0s.
+   
+   >>> num_no(3)
+   5
+   >>> num_yes(3)
+   3
+
+   [HINT] There are three 3-bit 0/1-strings that have two consecutive 0s.
+            001  100  000
+          The other five 3-bit 0/1-strings have no two consecutive 0s:
+	    010  011  101  110  111
+
+   Feel free to choose any implementation style.
+
+   Filename: bitstrings.py
+
+   [HINT] Like problem 1, you can also use the O(2^n) exhaustive search method to verify your answer.
+
+
+Debriefing (required!): --------------------------
+
+0. What's your name?
+1. Approximately how many hours did you spend on this assignment?
+2. Would you rate it as easy, moderate, or difficult?
+3. Did you work on it mostly alone, or mostly with other people?
+4. How deeply do you feel you understand the material it covers (0%-100%)? 
+5. Which part(s) of the course you like the most so far?
+6. Which part(s) of the course you dislike the most so far?
+
+This section is intended to help us calibrate the homework assignments. 
+Your answers to this section will *not* affect your grade; however, skipping it
+will certainly do.