Say you have an array for which the ith element is the price of a given stock on day i.
Design an algorithm to find the maximum profit. You may complete at most two transactions.
Note:
You may not engage in multiple transactions at the same time (ie, you must sell the stock before you buy again).
int maxProfit4( int[] prices) {
if (prices.length < 2)
return 0;
int n = prices.length ;
int [] f = new int[n];
int [] g = new int[n];
for (int i = 1, valley = prices[0]; i < n; ++i) {
valley = min(valley, prices[i]);
f[i] = max(f[i - 1], prices[i] - valley);
}
for (int i = n - 2, peak = prices[n - 1]; i >= 0; --i) {
peak = max(peak, prices[i]);
g[i] = max(g[i], peak - prices[i]);
}
int max_profit = 0;
for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i)
max_profit = max(max_profit, f[i] + g[i]);
return max_profit;
}