Subtree With Maximum Average
Created: March 27, 2019 by [lek-tin]
Last updated: March 27, 2019
Given a binary tree, find the subtree with maximum average. Return the root of the subtree. It’s guaranteed that there is only one subtree with maximum average.
Example
Given a binary tree:
1
/ \
-5 11
/ \ / \
1 2 4 -2
return the node 11.
Solution
public class Solution {
private class ResultType {
public int sum, size;
public ResultType(int sum, int size) {
this.sum = sum;
this.size = size;
}
}
private TreeNode subtree = null;
private ResultType subtreeResult = null;
/**
* @param root the root of binary tree
* @return the root of the maximum average of subtree
*/
public TreeNode findSubtree(TreeNode root) {
helper(root);
return subtree;
}
private ResultType helper(TreeNode root) {
if (root == null) {
return new ResultType(0, 0);
}
// Divide and conquer
ResultType left = helper(root.left);
ResultType right = helper(root.right);
// construct the result using left subtree, current node and right subtree.
ResultType result = new ResultType(
left.sum + right.sum + root.val,
left.size + right.size + 1
);
// Compare every substree's median with subtreeResult
if (subtree == null ||
(subtreeResult.sum / subtreeResult.size) < (result.sum / result.size)
) {
subtree = root;
subtreeResult = result;
}
// Return current result, rather than subtreeResult, because subtreeResult is global
// subtreeResult is returned in the main function findSubtree
return result;
}
}