You are given n balls arranged in a row. Each ball i has a value v;. Give a polynomial time algorithm to pick a maxi- mum value subset S of the balls so that no three consecutive balls are in S. For example, say the ball values are 2 2 3 2 2 then, the maximum value subset has the first, second, fourth and the fifth ball, and their total value is 2+ 2+2+2 = 8. For this problem, you also need to write a proof of correctness of the recurrence.

You are given n balls arranged in a row. Each ball i has a value v;. Give a polynomial time algorithm to pick a maxi- mum value subset S of the balls so that no three consecutive balls are in S. For example, say the ball values are 2 2 3 2 2 then, the maximum value subset has the first, second, fourth and the fifth ball, and their total value is 2+ 2+2+2 = 8. For this problem, you also need to write a proof of correctness of the recurrence.

Database System Concepts

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Author:Abraham Silberschatz Professor, Henry F. Korth, S. Sudarshan

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