ds-algo-study/DS-n-Algos/Dynamic-Programming/popular-problems/MinimumCostPath.js

Just experimenting with publishing a package

// Problem Statement => https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBRtnuxg-gU

const minCostPath = ( matrix ) => {
  /*
        Find the min cost path from top-left to bottom-right in matrix
        >>> minCostPath([[2, 1], [3, 1], [4, 2]])
        >>> 6
    */

  const n = matrix.length
  const m = matrix[ 0 ].length

  // moves[i][j] => minimum number of moves to reach cell i, j
  const moves = new Array( n )
  for ( let i = 0; i < moves.length; i++ ) moves[ i ] = new Array( m )

  // base conditions
  moves[ 0 ][ 0 ] = matrix[ 0 ][ 0 ] // to reach cell (0, 0) from (0, 0) is of no moves
  for ( let i = 1; i < m; i++ ) moves[ 0 ][ i ] = moves[ 0 ][ i - 1 ] + matrix[ 0 ][ i ]
  for ( let i = 1; i < n; i++ ) moves[ i ][ 0 ] = moves[ i - 1 ][ 0 ] + matrix[ i ][ 0 ]

  for ( let i = 1; i < n; i++ ) {
    for ( let j = 1; j < m; j++ ) {
      moves[ i ][ j ] = Math.min( moves[ i - 1 ][ j ], moves[ i ][ j - 1 ] ) + matrix[ i ][ j ]
    }
  }

  return moves[ n - 1 ][ m - 1 ]
}

const main = () => {
  console.log(
    minCostPath( [
      [ 2, 1 ],
      [ 3, 1 ],
      [ 4, 2 ]
    ] )
  )
  console.log(
    minCostPath( [
      [ 2, 1, 4 ],
      [ 2, 1, 3 ],
      [ 3, 2, 1 ]
    ] )
  )
}

main()