Adjusted count from 0. Works fine.

matrix_min_cost_path.cpp

/*
 * =====================================================================================
 *
 *       Filename:  matrix_min_cost_path.cpp
 *
 *    Description:  
 *
 *        Version:  1.0
 *        Created:  07/21/2014 02:23:53 PM
 *       Revision:  none
 *       Compiler:  gcc
 *
 *         Author:  YOUR NAME (), 
 *   Organization:  
 *
 * =====================================================================================
 */

#include <cstdio>
#define nmax 100

using namespace std;

int min(int a, int b, int c)
{
	int min = a;
	if (b < a)
		min = b;
	if (c < min)
		return c;
	return min;
}

int minIndex(int a, int b, int c)
{
	int min  = a;
	if (b < a)
		min = b;
	if (c < min)
		return 3; // c
	if (min == a)
		return 1; //a
	return 2;
}

int minCostPath(int a[][nmax], int n, int m, int path[][nmax])
{
	int dp[nmax][nmax];

	dp[0][0] = a[0][0];

	for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
	{
		dp[i][0] = dp[i - 1][0] + a[i][0];
		path[i][0] = 3;
	}

	for (int j = 1; j < m; j++)
	{
		dp[0][j] = dp[0][j - 1] + a[0][j];
		path[0][j] = 1;
	}

	for (int i = 1; i < n; i++)
		for (int j = 1; j < m; j++)
		{
			dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j - 1],
						   dp[i - 1][j - 1],
						   dp[i - 1][j]) + a[i][j];
			// saving the path 
			path[i][j] =  minIndex(dp[i][j - 1], 
						           dp[i - 1][j - 1],
								   dp[i - 1][j]);
		}

	return dp[n - 1][m - 1];
}

void viewPath(int i, int j, int path[][nmax], int a[][nmax])
{
	if (path[i][j] != 0)
	{
		if (path[i][j] == 1)
			viewPath(i, j - 1, path, a);
		else
			if (path[i][j] == 2)
				viewPath(i - 1, j - 1, path, a);
			else // path[i][j] == 3
				viewPath(i - 1, j, path, a);

		printf("%d ", a[i][j]);
	}
	else
		printf("%d ", a[i][j]);
}

int main()
{
	int n, m, a[nmax][nmax], path[nmax][nmax];
	
	scanf("%d %d", &n, &m);
	for (int i = 0; i < n; i++)
		for (int j = 0; j < m; j++)
			scanf("%d", &a[i][j]);

	printf("%d\n", minCostPath(a, n, m, path));
	
	viewPath(n - 1, m - 1, path, a);

	return 0;
}

Works fine.

http://www.geeksforgeeks.org/dynamic-programming-set-6-min-cost-path/

• actually printing the path.