Solution: Minimum Number of Refueling Stops
Explore how to solve the minimum refueling stops problem using greedy techniques and a max-heap. Understand how to select fuel stations optimally to cover the target distance with the fewest stops. This lesson helps you implement an efficient solution and analyze its time and space complexity.
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Statement
You need to find the minimum number of refueling stops that a car needs to make to cover a distance, target. For simplicity, assume that the car has to travel from west to east in a straight line. There are various fuel stations on the way that are represented as a 2-D array of stations, i.e., stations[i] ...