Minimum number of transpositions to sort a list
If you're only dealing with permutations of $n$ elements, then you will need exactly $n-c(\pi)$ swaps, where $c(\pi)$ is the number of cycles in the disjoint cycle decomposition of $\pi$. Since this distance is bi-invariant, transforming $\pi$ into $\sigma$ (or $A$ into $B$, or conversely) requires $n-c(\sigma^{-1}\circ\pi)$ such moves.