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787. Cheapest Flights Within K Stops
Description
There are n cities connected by some number of flights. You are given an array flights where flights[i] = [fromi, toi, pricei] indicates that there is a flight from city fromi to city toi with cost pricei.
You are also given three integers src, dst, and k, return the cheapest price from src to dst with at most k stops. If there is no such route, return -1.
Example 1:

Input: n = 4, flights = [[0,1,100],[1,2,100],[2,0,100],[1,3,600],[2,3,200]], src = 0, dst = 3, k = 1 Output: 700 Explanation: The graph is shown above. The optimal path with at most 1 stop from city 0 to 3 is marked in red and has cost 100 + 600 = 700. Note that the path through cities [0,1,2,3] is cheaper but is invalid because it uses 2 stops.
Example 2:

Input: n = 3, flights = [[0,1,100],[1,2,100],[0,2,500]], src = 0, dst = 2, k = 1 Output: 200 Explanation: The graph is shown above. The optimal path with at most 1 stop from city 0 to 2 is marked in red and has cost 100 + 100 = 200.
Example 3:

Input: n = 3, flights = [[0,1,100],[1,2,100],[0,2,500]], src = 0, dst = 2, k = 0 Output: 500 Explanation: The graph is shown above. The optimal path with no stops from city 0 to 2 is marked in red and has cost 500.
Constraints:
1 <= n <= 1000 <= flights.length <= (n * (n - 1) / 2)flights[i].length == 30 <= fromi, toi < nfromi != toi1 <= pricei <= 104- There will not be any multiple flights between two cities.
0 <= src, dst, k < nsrc != dst
Solutions
Solution 1: Direct Implementation
This implementation follows the required operations directly. It traverses the relevant values and updates its state as each value is processed. The auxiliary container determines which pending state is processed next. After all required states have been considered, the maintained result is returned.
Solution 2
This implementation uses depth-first search, followed by memoization, followed by hash table. It traverses the relevant values and updates its state as each value is processed. A keyed container records values that must be found or updated efficiently. Previously computed states are retained so the same subproblem does not need to be solved again.
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class Solution { private static final int INF = 0x3f3f3f3f; public int findCheapestPrice(int n, int[][] flights, int src, int dst, int k) { int[] dist = new int[n]; int[] backup = new int[n]; Arrays.fill(dist, INF); dist[src] = 0; for (int i = 0; i < k + 1; ++i) { System.arraycopy(dist, 0, backup, 0, n); for (int[] e : flights) { int f = e[0], t = e[1], p = e[2]; dist[t] = Math.min(dist[t], backup[f] + p); } } return dist[dst] == INF ? -1 : dist[dst]; } } // Solution 2 class Solution { private int[][] memo; private int[][] g; private int dst; private static final int INF = (int) 1e6; public int findCheapestPrice(int n, int[][] flights, int src, int dst, int k) { n += 10; memo = new int[n][n]; for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) { Arrays.fill(memo[i], -1); } g = new int[n][n]; for (int[] e : flights) { g[e[0]][e[1]] = e[2]; } this.dst = dst; int ans = dfs(src, k + 1); return ans >= INF ? -1 : ans; } private int dfs(int u, int k) { if (memo[u][k] != -1) { return memo[u][k]; } if (u == dst) { return 0; } if (k <= 0) { return INF; } int ans = INF; for (int v = 0; v < g[u].length; ++v) { if (g[u][v] > 0) { ans = Math.min(ans, dfs(v, k - 1) + g[u][v]); } } memo[u][k] = ans; return ans; } } -
class Solution { public: int findCheapestPrice(int n, vector<vector<int>>& flights, int src, int dst, int k) { const int inf = 0x3f3f3f3f; vector<int> dist(n, inf); vector<int> backup; dist[src] = 0; for (int i = 0; i < k + 1; ++i) { backup = dist; for (auto& e : flights) { int f = e[0], t = e[1], p = e[2]; dist[t] = min(dist[t], backup[f] + p); } } return dist[dst] == inf ? -1 : dist[dst]; } }; // Solution 2 class Solution { public: vector<vector<int>> memo; vector<vector<int>> g; int dst; int inf = 1e6; int findCheapestPrice(int n, vector<vector<int>>& flights, int src, int dst, int k) { n += 10; memo.resize(n, vector<int>(n, -1)); g.resize(n, vector<int>(n)); for (auto& e : flights) g[e[0]][e[1]] = e[2]; this->dst = dst; int ans = dfs(src, k + 1); return ans >= inf ? -1 : ans; } int dfs(int u, int k) { if (memo[u][k] != -1) return memo[u][k]; if (u == dst) return 0; if (k <= 0) return inf; int ans = inf; for (int v = 0; v < g[u].size(); ++v) if (g[u][v] > 0) ans = min(ans, dfs(v, k - 1) + g[u][v]); memo[u][k] = ans; return memo[u][k]; } }; -
class Solution: def findCheapestPrice( self, n: int, flights: List[List[int]], src: int, dst: int, k: int ) -> int: INF = 0x3F3F3F3F dist = [INF] * n dist[src] = 0 for _ in range(k + 1): backup = dist.copy() for f, t, p in flights: dist[t] = min(dist[t], backup[f] + p) return -1 if dist[dst] == INF else dist[dst] # Solution 2 class Solution: def findCheapestPrice( self, n: int, flights: List[List[int]], src: int, dst: int, k: int ) -> int: @cache def dfs(u, k): if u == dst: return 0 if k <= 0: return inf k -= 1 ans = inf for v, p in g[u]: ans = min(ans, dfs(v, k) + p) return ans g = defaultdict(list) for u, v, p in flights: g[u].append((v, p)) ans = dfs(src, k + 1) return -1 if ans >= inf else ans -
func findCheapestPrice(n int, flights [][]int, src int, dst int, k int) int { const inf = 0x3f3f3f3f dist := make([]int, n) backup := make([]int, n) for i := range dist { dist[i] = inf } dist[src] = 0 for i := 0; i < k+1; i++ { copy(backup, dist) for _, e := range flights { f, t, p := e[0], e[1], e[2] dist[t] = min(dist[t], backup[f]+p) } } if dist[dst] == inf { return -1 } return dist[dst] } // Solution 2 func findCheapestPrice(n int, flights [][]int, src int, dst int, k int) int { n += 10 memo := make([][]int, n) g := make([][]int, n) for i := range memo { memo[i] = make([]int, n) g[i] = make([]int, n) for j := range memo[i] { memo[i][j] = -1 } } for _, e := range flights { g[e[0]][e[1]] = e[2] } inf := int(1e6) var dfs func(u, k int) int dfs = func(u, k int) int { if memo[u][k] != -1 { return memo[u][k] } if u == dst { return 0 } if k <= 0 { return inf } ans := inf for v, p := range g[u] { if p > 0 { ans = min(ans, dfs(v, k-1)+p) } } memo[u][k] = ans return ans } ans := dfs(src, k+1) if ans >= inf { return -1 } return ans }