/// Trait for types that we can compute a maximum cover for. /// /// Terminology: /// * `item`: something that implements this trait /// * `element`: something contained in a set, and covered by the covering set of an item /// * `object`: something extracted from an item in order to comprise a solution /// See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximum_coverage_problem pub trait MaxCover { /// The result type, of which we would eventually like a collection of maximal quality. type Object; /// The type used to represent sets. type Set: Clone; /// Extract an object for inclusion in a solution. fn object(&self) -> Self::Object; /// Get the set of elements covered. fn covering_set(&self) -> &Self::Set; /// Update the set of items covered, for the inclusion of some object in the solution. fn update_covering_set(&mut self, max_obj: &Self::Object, max_set: &Self::Set); /// The quality of this item's covering set, usually its cardinality. fn score(&self) -> usize; } /// Helper struct to track which items of the input are still available for inclusion. /// Saves removing elements from the work vector. struct MaxCoverItem { item: T, available: bool, } impl MaxCoverItem { fn new(item: T) -> Self { MaxCoverItem { item, available: true, } } } /// Compute an approximate maximum cover using a greedy algorithm. /// /// * Time complexity: `O(limit * items_iter.len())` /// * Space complexity: `O(item_iter.len())` pub fn maximum_cover(items_iter: I, limit: usize) -> Vec where I: IntoIterator, T: MaxCover, { // Construct an initial vec of all items, marked available. let mut all_items: Vec<_> = items_iter .into_iter() .map(MaxCoverItem::new) .filter(|x| x.item.score() != 0) .collect(); let mut result = vec![]; for _ in 0..limit { // Select the item with the maximum score. let (best_item, best_cover) = match all_items .iter_mut() .filter(|x| x.available && x.item.score() != 0) .max_by_key(|x| x.item.score()) { Some(x) => { x.available = false; (x.item.object(), x.item.covering_set().clone()) } None => return result, }; // Update the covering sets of the other items, for the inclusion of the selected item. // Items covered by the selected item can't be re-covered. all_items .iter_mut() .filter(|x| x.available && x.item.score() != 0) .for_each(|x| x.item.update_covering_set(&best_item, &best_cover)); result.push(best_item); } result } #[cfg(test)] mod test { use super::*; use std::iter::FromIterator; use std::{collections::HashSet, hash::Hash}; impl MaxCover for HashSet where T: Clone + Eq + Hash, { type Object = Self; type Set = Self; fn object(&self) -> Self { self.clone() } fn covering_set(&self) -> &Self { &self } fn update_covering_set(&mut self, _: &Self, other: &Self) { let mut difference = &*self - other; std::mem::swap(self, &mut difference); } fn score(&self) -> usize { self.len() } } fn example_system() -> Vec> { vec![ HashSet::from_iter(vec![3]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 2, 4, 5]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 2, 4, 5]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![2, 4, 5]), ] } #[test] fn zero_limit() { let cover = maximum_cover(example_system(), 0); assert_eq!(cover.len(), 0); } #[test] fn one_limit() { let sets = example_system(); let cover = maximum_cover(sets.clone(), 1); assert_eq!(cover.len(), 1); assert_eq!(cover[0], sets[1]); } // Check that even if the limit provides room, we don't include useless items in the soln. #[test] fn exclude_zero_score() { let sets = example_system(); for k in 2..10 { let cover = maximum_cover(sets.clone(), k); assert_eq!(cover.len(), 2); assert_eq!(cover[0], sets[1]); assert_eq!(cover[1], sets[0]); } } fn quality(solution: &[HashSet]) -> usize { solution.iter().map(HashSet::len).sum() } // Optimal solution is the first three sets (quality 15) but our greedy algorithm // will select the last three (quality 11). The comment at the end of each line // shows that set's score at each iteration, with a * indicating that it will be chosen. #[test] fn suboptimal() { let sets = vec![ HashSet::from_iter(vec![0, 1, 8, 11, 14]), // 5, 3, 2 HashSet::from_iter(vec![2, 3, 7, 9, 10]), // 5, 3, 2 HashSet::from_iter(vec![4, 5, 6, 12, 13]), // 5, 4, 2 HashSet::from_iter(vec![9, 10]), // 4, 4, 2* HashSet::from_iter(vec![5, 6, 7, 8]), // 4, 4* HashSet::from_iter(vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4]), // 5* ]; let cover = maximum_cover(sets.clone(), 3); assert_eq!(quality(&cover), 11); } #[test] fn intersecting_ok() { let sets = vec![ HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 11]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![4, 5, 6, 12, 13, 14]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![7, 8, 15, 16, 17, 18]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 2, 9, 10]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 5, 6, 8]), HashSet::from_iter(vec![1, 7, 11, 19]), ]; let cover = maximum_cover(sets.clone(), 5); assert_eq!(quality(&cover), 19); assert_eq!(cover.len(), 5); } }