花花酱 LeetCode 1402. Reducing Dishes

A chef has collected data on the satisfaction level of his n dishes. Chef can cook any dish in 1 unit of time.

Like-time coefficient of a dish is defined as the time taken to cook that dish including previous dishes multiplied by its satisfaction level  i.e.  time[i]*satisfaction[i]

Return the maximum sum of Like-time coefficient that the chef can obtain after dishes preparation.

Dishes can be prepared in any order and the chef can discard some dishes to get this maximum value.

Example 1:

Input: satisfaction = [-1,-8,0,5,-9]
Output: 14
Explanation: After Removing the second and last dish, the maximum total Like-time coefficient will be equal to (-1*1 + 0*2 + 5*3 = 14). Each dish is prepared in one unit of time.

Example 2:

Input: satisfaction = [4,3,2]
Output: 20
Explanation: Dishes can be prepared in any order, (2*1 + 3*2 + 4*3 = 20)

Example 3:

Input: satisfaction = [-1,-4,-5]
Output: 0
Explanation: People don't like the dishes. No dish is prepared.

Example 4:

Input: satisfaction = [-2,5,-1,0,3,-3]
Output: 35

Constraints:

• n == satisfaction.length
• 1 <= n <= 500
• -10^3 <= satisfaction[i] <= 10^3

Solution 1: Sort + Brute Force

Time complexity: O(nlogn + n^2)
Space complexity: O(1)

Solution 2: Sort + prefix sum

Sort in reverse order, accumulate prefix sum until prefix sum <= 0.

Time complexity: O(nlogn + n)
Space complexity: O(1)

[9, 8, 5, 2, 1, -1]
sum = 9 * 4 + 8 * 3 + 2 * 3 + 1 * 2 + -1 * 1
<=>
sum += 9
sum += (9 + 8 = 17)
sum += (17 + 2 = 19)
sum += (19 + 1 = 20)
sum += (20 – 1 = 19)