\section{Algorithm} \label{sec:algorithm} I will propose a solution that uses dynamic programming. First, I will describe the general structure of the algorithm, and simultaneously argue its correctness. After this, we will discuss some optimisations. \subsection{General program flow} \label{sec:algorithm:general} \begin{thmproof}[G_0_k]{lemma}{For any $\bar a, k$, we have $G_0^k(\bar a)=0$.} There is only one way to partition $\bar a$ (using $k$ empty partitions). The profit of every member of the partitioning is zero, and therefore the overall profit of the partitioning is zero as well. \end{thmproof} \begin{thmproof}[G_p_0]{lemma}{For any $\bar a, p\le|\bar a|$, we have $G_p^0(\bar a)=\PR(S_0^p(\bar a))$.} In this case there is only one way to partition $\bar a$ (using one complete partition). The profit is the difference between the sum of the elements and their rounded sum. \end{thmproof} \begin{thmproof}[G_p_k]{lemma}{$G_p^k(\bar a) = \max\left(G_p^{k-1}(\bar a), \max\limits_{i=0}^{p-1}\left(G_i^{k-1}(\bar a) + \PR(S_i^p(\bar a))\right)\right)$.} Consider the $p$th element of $\bar a$ and a partitioning that gives the maximal profit in the substring until $\bar a_p$, $G_p^k(\bar a)$. We have two possibilities: \begin{itemize}[itemsep=0pt] \item $\bar a_p$ is in one partition with $\bar a_i, \bar a_{i+1}, \dots, \bar a_{p-1}$. In this case we would have $G_p^k(\bar a) = G_i^{k-1}(\bar a) + \PR(S_i^p(\bar a))$, since we can divide the rest of $\bar a$ over $k-1$ independent partitions and gain a profit of $\PR(S_i^p(\bar a))$ over that last partition. \item It is in fact more worthwhile to create $k-1$ partitions rather than $k$. In this case, we have $G_p^k(\bar a)=G_p^{k-1}(\bar a)$. \end{itemize} To get the actual profit, we take the maximum of the two possibilities. \end{thmproof} This suggests the general flow of our algorithm: we maintain an $(n+1)\times (k+1)$-table of values for $G_p^d$ with $0\le d\le k, 0\le p\le n$. Using the recurrences from \autoref{lem:G_p_0}, \ref{lem:G_0_k} and \ref{lem:G_p_k}, that only rely on `smaller values' ($G_{p'}^{d'}$ with $p'\le p$ or $d'\le d$), we generate the whole table. The solution to our problem is then $$\PM_k(\bar a) = \sum\bar a-\PP_k(\bar a) = \sum\bar a - G_{|\bar a|}^k(\bar a).$$ \begin{algorithm}[h] \footnotesize \caption{Finding the maximum profit $\PP_k(\bar a)$ of sequence $\bar a$ with $k$ partitions} \label{alg:maximum-profit} \begin{algorithmic}[1] \REQUIRE $\bar a, k$ \STATE $n\gets |\bar a|$ \STATE $G[n+1][k+1]$ \FOR{$0 \le p \le n$} \FOR{$0 \le d \le k$} \IF{$p = 0$} \STATE $G[p][d] = 0$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:G_0_k}} \ELSIF{$d = 0$} \STATE $G[p][d] = \PR(S_0^p(\bar a))$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:G_p_0}} \ELSE \STATE $G[p][d] = \max\left(G[p][d-1], \max\limits_{i=0}^{p-1}\left(G[i][d-1] + \PR(S_i^p(\bar a))\right)\right)$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:G_p_k}} \ENDIF \ENDFOR \ENDFOR \RETURN $G[n][k]$ \end{algorithmic} \end{algorithm} \begin{thmproof}[maximum-profit]{theorem}{\autoref{alg:maximum-profit} is a correct implementation of the $\PP$ function.} This follows from \autoref{lem:G_0_k} through \ref{lem:G_p_k}. \end{thmproof} \subsection{Optimisations} \label{sec:algorithm:optimisations} A first observation we should make is that values in the input sequence $\bar a$ that are divisible by $5$ do not affect the maximum profit of the substring they're in. \begin{thmproof}[divide-by-5]{lemma}{For any $\bar a$, $\PP(\bar a) = \PP\left(\seq{a_i \in\bar a \mid 5\nmid a_i}\right)$.} No matter in which substring, an $a_i$ which is divisible by $5$ will have no influence on the rounded sum of that substring and thus not on the profit. \end{thmproof} On average, \autoref{lem:divide-by-5} allows us to apply \autoref{alg:maximum-profit} on a input $\frac54$ times as small as the original input. While not decreasing the Big-O complexity of the algorithm, this does give us faster running times. Another optimisation concerns the $S$-function. In \autoref{alg:maximum-profit} above, it is called once for every $0\le i\le p$ in every iteration over $p$. Usually we would compute $S$ in linear time, iterating over $\bar a$. Computing \emph{all} the values for $S$ we need would then take quadratic time. However, we may as well use dynamic programming to compute all values for $S$ we're going to need in the beginning of the iteration over $p$, which can be done in linear time. This is demonstrated in \autoref{alg:maximum-profit-optimised}. In this algorithm, \autoref{alg:maximum-profit} has been optimised using \autoref{lem:divide-by-5} and the optimisation just discussed. \begin{algorithm}[h] \footnotesize \caption{Optimised version of \autoref{alg:maximum-profit}, to compute $\PP_k(\bar a)$} \label{alg:maximum-profit-optimised} \begin{algorithmic}[1] \REQUIRE $\bar a, k$ \STATE $\bar a'\gets\seq{a_i\in\bar a\mid 5\nmid a_i}$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:divide-by-5}} \STATE $n\gets |\bar a'|$ \STATE Initialise $G[n+1][k+1]$ \FOR{$0 \le p \le n$} \STATE Initialise $S[p]$ \COMMENT{Here we exploit dynamic programming to compute $S$} \IF{$p=0$} \STATE $S[0] = 0$ \ELSE \STATE $S[p-1] = a'_{p-1}$ \FOR{$i=p-2$ through $0$} \STATE $S[i] = a_i + S[i+1]$ \ENDFOR \ENDIF \FOR{$0 \le d \le k$} \IF{$p = 0$} \STATE $G[p][d] = 0$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:G_0_k}} \ELSIF{$d = 0$} \STATE $G[p][d] = \PR(S[0])$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:G_p_0}} \ELSE \STATE $G[p][d] = \max\left(G[p][d-1], \max\limits_{i=0}^{p-1}\left(G[i][d-1] + \PR(S[i])\right)\right)$ \COMMENT{\autoref{lem:G_p_k}} \ENDIF \ENDFOR \ENDFOR \RETURN $G[n][k]$ \end{algorithmic} \end{algorithm} The correctness of \autoref{alg:maximum-profit-optimised} depends on the correctness of \autoref{alg:maximum-profit} which has been proven in \autoref{thm:maximum-profit}. We can now easily find $\PM_k(\bar a)$ using the equation we saw in \autoref{sec:notation}: $$\PM_k(\bar a) = \sum\bar a - \PP_k(\bar a).$$