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Write a Programming Function
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Write a Programming Function

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Problem

UNT Health Science Center logistics routes connect campus locations through directed paths. Each route has a travel time and an operational cost. Find the fastest route from a source location to a destination while staying within a cost budget and using at most a specified number of time-reduction coupons.

A coupon may be applied to any traversed route and changes its travel time from time to max(1, floor(time / 2)). Each coupon can be used once, and unused coupons are allowed. Return the minimum travel time and one route achieving it. If no valid route exists, return [-1, []].

Formal Specification

Implement route_with_budget(n, edges, start, destination, budget, coupons). n is the number of locations labeled 0 through n - 1. edges is a list of [from, to, time, cost] entries representing directed routes. Return [minimum_time, path], where path is a list of location IDs from start to destination.

Constraints

  • 1 <= n <= 200
  • 0 <= len(edges) <= 2,000
  • 1 <= time <= 10^6
  • 0 <= cost <= budget
  • 0 <= budget <= 200
  • 0 <= coupons <= 10
  • start and destination are valid location IDs
  • Route times are positive; parallel routes may exist

Function Signature

def route_with_budget(n, edges, start, destination, budget, coupons):
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