尋找陣列A的和最大的非空連續子陣列。例如：陣列
A = {13, -3, -25, 20, -3, -16, -23, 18, 20, -7, 12, -5, -22, 15, -4, 7}的和最大的連續子陣列為{18, 20, -7, 12}，最大和為43，所以{18, 20, -7, 12}就是A的最大子陣列；
陣列{1, -4, 3, -4}的最大子陣列為{3}。

採用分治策略：將陣列分為兩個規模相等的子陣列，分別求子陣列的最大子陣列，以及跨越中點的最大子陣列，然後將左子陣列、右子陣列、跨越中點三種情況的最大子陣列比較取最大值。

Java程式碼實現：

class FindMaximumSubArray
 
 
{
    public static void main(String[] args) 
    {
        int[] arr = {13, -3, -25, 20, -3, -16, -23, 18, 20, -7, 12, -5, -22, 15, -4, 7};
        SubArray max_subarray = find_maximum_subarray(arr, 0, arr.length - 1);
        System.out.println("low:" + max_subarray.low + ", high:" + max_subarray.high + ", sum:"
 
 + max_subarray.sum);
    }

    // 查詢最大子陣列
    private static SubArray find_maximum_subarray(int[] arr, int low, int high) {
        if (low == high) {
            return new SubArray(low, high, arr[low]);
        } else {
            int mid = (low + high) / 2;
            SubArray left = find_maximum_subarray(arr, low, mid);// 遞迴求左子陣列中的最大子陣列
 

            SubArray right = find_maximum_subarray(arr, mid + 1, high);// 遞迴求右子陣列中的最大子陣列
            SubArray cross = find_max_crossing_subarray(arr, low, mid, high);// 求跨越中點的最大子陣列
            if (left.sum >= right.sum && left.sum >= cross.sum) {
                return left;
            } else if (right.sum >= left.sum && right.sum >= cross.sum) {
                return right;
            } else return cross;
        }
    }

    // 查詢包含中點的最大子陣列
    private static SubArray find_max_crossing_subarray(int[] arr, int low, int mid, int high) {
        int left_sum = arr[mid];
        int max_left = mid;
        int sum = 0;
        for (int i = mid; i >= low; i--) {// 左邊最大和
            sum += arr[i];
            if (sum > left_sum) {
                left_sum = sum;
                max_left = i;
            }
        }
        int right_sum = arr[mid + 1];
        int max_right = mid + 1;
        sum = 0;
        for (int i = mid + 1; i <= high; i++) {// 右邊最大和
            sum += arr[i];
            if (sum > right_sum) {
                right_sum = sum;
                max_right = i;
            }
        }
        return new SubArray(max_left, max_right, left_sum + right_sum);
    }

    private static class SubArray {
        int low;
        int high;
        int sum;

        SubArray(int low, int high, int sum) {
            this.low = low;
            this.high = high;
            this.sum = sum;
        }
    }

}

該演算法的執行時間為Θ(nlgn)。