//Dynamic Programming solution for the Egg Dropping Puzzle public class EggDropping { // min trials with n eggs and m floors private static int minTrials(int n, int m) { int eggFloor[][] = new int[n+1][m+1]; int result, x; for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { eggFloor[i][0] = 0; // Zero trial for zero floor. eggFloor[i][1] = 1; // One trial for one floor } // j trials for only 1 egg for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) eggFloor[1][j] = j; // Using bottom-up approach in DP for (int i = 2; i <= n; i++) { for (int j = 2; j <= m; j++) { eggFloor[i][j] = Integer.MAX_VALUE; for (x = 1; x <= j; x++) { result = 1 + Math.max(eggFloor[i-1][x-1], eggFloor[i][j-x]); //choose min of all values for particular x if (result < eggFloor[i][j]) eggFloor[i][j] = result; } } } return eggFloor[n][m]; } //testing program public static void main(String args[]) { int n = 2, m = 4; //result outputs min no. of trials in worst case for n eggs and m floors int result = minTrials(n, m); System.out.println(result); } }