#P5865. Minimize Maximum Distance Among Selected Black Nodes
Minimize Maximum Distance Among Selected Black Nodes
Minimize Maximum Distance Among Selected Black Nodes
You are given a tree with n nodes numbered from 1 to n. Each node is colored either black or white. Your task is to choose exactly m black nodes such that the maximum distance between any two of the chosen nodes is minimized. Output this minimized maximum distance.
Notes:
- The tree is an undirected connected acyclic graph.
- The distance between two nodes is defined as the number of edges on the unique simple path connecting them.
It is guaranteed that there are at least m black nodes in the tree.
inputFormat
The input is given as follows:
n m c1 c2 ... cn u1 v1 u2 v2 ... un-1 vn-1
Here, the first line contains two integers n and m where n is the number of nodes and m is the number of black nodes to choose. The second line contains n characters (each either B
or W
) separated by spaces, representing the colors of the nodes. Each of the next n-1 lines describes an edge of the tree by two integers u and v (1-indexed) indicating there is an edge between nodes u and v.
outputFormat
Output a single integer — the minimized maximum distance between any two chosen black nodes.
sample
5 2
B W B W B
1 2
2 3
3 4
4 5
2