Greedy Algorithms Explained with Examples

SOLVED:Show that a greedy algorithm that schedules talks in a lecture hall, as described in Example 7, by selecting at each step the talk that overlaps the fewest other talks, does not always produce an optimal schedule.

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Deal with the problem of scheduling the most talks possible given the start and end times of n talks. Find the complexity of the greedy algorithm for scheduling the most talks by adding at each step the talk with the earliest end time compatible with those already scheduled (Algorithm 7 in Section 3.1). Assume that the talks are not already sorted by earliest end time and assume that the worst-case time complexity of sorting is O(n logn). | Numerade