Question

Problem: Concert Security

Imagine you’re a software developer for a stadium where your favorite K-pop group, TWICE, is having a concert. Before a person gets into the concert, there is a security check with n lines where n decreases or increases depending on the available staff. The stadium needs to manage all lines and needs your help. Construct a program which manages all lines while maintaining the following conditions:
1. A person stands in line in ascending order corresponding to their seat number
2. All lines must be balanced, with each line having a difference in length of at most 1 person AT ALL TIMES Because n is flexible, both lines and concert attendees must be managed using singly linked lists you’ve designed yourself
(DO NOT use an ArrayList). So, just as you might add a person to a line represented through a linked list, you might need to add a line to a set of lines also represented through a linked list. At the start of the concert (and your program), n = 1.

Answer 1

To manage concert security at a stadium, a dynamic program using singly linked lists will manage attendees based on seat numbers and balance security lines. Each concert-goer corresponds to a node, and lines are managed as a list of lists, ensuring efficiency like organized customer queues at a restaurant.

Step-by-step explanation:

Conceptualizing the Management Program

To manage the concert security for TWICE's concert at a stadium using singly linked lists, we need to create a dynamic program that can adapt to changing numbers of security lines and can handle the attendees in an ordered manner. The program is challenged to keep the lines balanced with a variation of at most one person to ensure efficiency and fairness.

Each attendee's record would correspond to a node in the singly linked list, with their seat number determining their position in the queue. As 'n', the number of lines changes, the program should dynamically redistribute the attendees to maintain balanced lines. The lines themselves should be managed by a higher-level linked list that represents each line with its own linked list of attendees.

To translate this into a real-world scenario, think of the Gavi's Fast Food Restaurant where floor markings were used to organize customer lines effectively. Similarly, the program would guide each concert-goer to the correct line, similar to how a football game ticket specifies a unique seat number. The end goal is to have an organized, balanced, and efficient admission into the concert venue.