HackerRank Stryker Codesprint Grind (VII): Maximizing The Longest Path - Stryker Codesprint

Sept. 18, 2016

Started from 11:30pm, worked on this difficult level algorithm:

Maximizing the longest path

Read problem statement 20 minutes, and then, read articles:

simple path in the graph

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Path_(graph_theory)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Longest_path_problem

Will come back later on to work on this algorithm.

After 12 hours continuously coding, only 2 breaks for meals, and then, Julia gave up her try; Tried to break into top 50 - using DFS, NP problem solving efforts, until 1am.

Celebration:

Her first motivated grind - 11:00am - 1am over 14 hour long grind.

Statistics: 

Stryker Codesprint:  Score 233 -  150/ 1766 participants (at 1am, 9/18/2016)

                                                     178/ 1766  

 Study code:

1. C++ 14