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44 changes: 44 additions & 0 deletions Dynamic Programming/MatrixChainMuliplication.py
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#Matrix Chain Multiplication using dynamic programming approach
# A naive recursive implementation that
# simply follows the above optimal
# substructure property

import sys

# Matrix A[i] has dimension p[i-1] x p[i]
# for i = 1..n
def MatrixChainOrder(p, i, j):

if i == j:
return 0

_min = sys.maxsize

# place parenthesis at different places
# between first and last matrix,
# recursively calculate count of
# multiplications for each parenthesis
# placement and return the minimum count
for k in range(i, j):

count = (MatrixChainOrder(p, i, k)
+ MatrixChainOrder(p, k+1, j)
+ p[i-1] * p[k] * p[j])

if count < _min:
_min = count;


# Return minimum count
return _min;


# Driver program to test above function
arr = [1, 2, 3, 4, 3];
n = len(arr);

print("Minimum number of multiplications is ",
MatrixChainOrder(arr, 1, n-1));


# code is contributed by Samya Subhro Roy :)