def find_lis_greedy(seq) n = seq.length terminals = [0] * (n + 1) backptrs = [-1] + [0] * (n - 1) lis = [] n_lis = 1 1.upto(n - 1) do |i| low = 1 high = n_lis while low <= high mid = (low + high) / 2 if seq[i] <= seq[terminals[mid]] high = mid - 1 else low = mid + 1 end end terminals[low] = i if low <= 1 backptrs[i] = -1 else backptrs[i] = terminals[low - 1] end n_lis += 1 if low > n_lis end lis[n_lis - 1] = seq[terminals[n_lis]] temp = terminals[n_lis] (n_lis - 2).downto(0) do |i| temp = backptrs[temp] lis[i] = seq[temp] end return lis end