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3478. Choose K Elements With Maximum Sum

Description

You are given two integer arrays, nums1 and nums2, both of length n, along with a positive integer k.

For each index i from 0 to n - 1, perform the following:

  • Find all indices j where nums1[j] is less than nums1[i].
  • Choose at most k values of nums2[j] at these indices to maximize the total sum.

Return an array answer of size n, where answer[i] represents the result for the corresponding index i.

 

Example 1:

Input: nums1 = [4,2,1,5,3], nums2 = [10,20,30,40,50], k = 2

Output: [80,30,0,80,50]

Explanation:

  • For i = 0: Select the 2 largest values from nums2 at indices [1, 2, 4] where nums1[j] < nums1[0], resulting in 50 + 30 = 80.
  • For i = 1: Select the 2 largest values from nums2 at index [2] where nums1[j] < nums1[1], resulting in 30.
  • For i = 2: No indices satisfy nums1[j] < nums1[2], resulting in 0.
  • For i = 3: Select the 2 largest values from nums2 at indices [0, 1, 2, 4] where nums1[j] < nums1[3], resulting in 50 + 30 = 80.
  • For i = 4: Select the 2 largest values from nums2 at indices [1, 2] where nums1[j] < nums1[4], resulting in 30 + 20 = 50.

Example 2:

Input: nums1 = [2,2,2,2], nums2 = [3,1,2,3], k = 1

Output: [0,0,0,0]

Explanation:

Since all elements in nums1 are equal, no indices satisfy the condition nums1[j] < nums1[i] for any i, resulting in 0 for all positions.

 

Constraints:

  • n == nums1.length == nums2.length
  • 1 <= n <= 105
  • 1 <= nums1[i], nums2[i] <= 106
  • 1 <= k <= n

Solutions

Solution 1: Sorting + Priority Queue (Min-Heap)

We can convert the array \(\textit{nums1}\) into an array \(\textit{arr}\), where each element is a tuple \((x, i)\), representing the value \(x\) at index \(i\) in \(\textit{nums1}\). Then, we sort the array \(\textit{arr}\) in ascending order by \(x\).

We use a min-heap \(\textit{pq}\) to maintain the elements from the array \(\textit{nums2}\). Initially, \(\textit{pq}\) is empty. We use a variable \(\textit{s}\) to record the sum of the elements in \(\textit{pq}\). Additionally, we use a pointer \(j\) to maintain the current position in the array \(\textit{arr}\) that needs to be added to \(\textit{pq}\).

We traverse the array \(\textit{arr}\). For the \(h\)-th element \((x, i)\), we add all elements \(\textit{nums2}[\textit{arr}[j][1]]\) to \(\textit{pq}\) that satisfy \(j < h\) and \(\textit{arr}[j][0] < x\), and add these elements to \(\textit{s}\). If the size of \(\textit{pq}\) exceeds \(k\), we pop the smallest element from \(\textit{pq}\) and subtract it from \(\textit{s}\). Then, we update the value of \(\textit{ans}[i]\) to \(\textit{s}\).

After traversing, we return the answer array \(\textit{ans}\).

The time complexity is \(O(n \log n)\), and the space complexity is \(O(n)\). Here, \(n\) is the length of the array.

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class Solution:
    def findMaxSum(self, nums1: List[int], nums2: List[int], k: int) -> List[int]:
        arr = [(x, i) for i, x in enumerate(nums1)]
        arr.sort()
        pq = []
        s = j = 0
        n = len(arr)
        ans = [0] * n
        for h, (x, i) in enumerate(arr):
            while j < h and arr[j][0] < x:
                y = nums2[arr[j][1]]
                heappush(pq, y)
                s += y
                if len(pq) > k:
                    s -= heappop(pq)
                j += 1
            ans[i] = s
        return ans
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class Solution {
    public long[] findMaxSum(int[] nums1, int[] nums2, int k) {
        int n = nums1.length;
        int[][] arr = new int[n][0];
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            arr[i] = new int[] {nums1[i], i};
        }
        Arrays.sort(arr, (a, b) -> a[0] - b[0]);
        PriorityQueue<Integer> pq = new PriorityQueue<>();
        long s = 0;
        long[] ans = new long[n];
        int j = 0;
        for (int h = 0; h < n; ++h) {
            int x = arr[h][0], i = arr[h][1];
            while (j < h && arr[j][0] < x) {
                int y = nums2[arr[j][1]];
                pq.offer(y);
                s += y;
                if (pq.size() > k) {
                    s -= pq.poll();
                }
                ++j;
            }
            ans[i] = s;
        }
        return ans;
    }
}
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class Solution {
public:
    vector<long long> findMaxSum(vector<int>& nums1, vector<int>& nums2, int k) {
        int n = nums1.size();
        vector<pair<int, int>> arr(n);
        for (int i = 0; i < n; ++i) {
            arr[i] = {nums1[i], i};
        }
        ranges::sort(arr);
        priority_queue<int, vector<int>, greater<int>> pq;
        long long s = 0;
        int j = 0;
        vector<long long> ans(n);
        for (int h = 0; h < n; ++h) {
            auto [x, i] = arr[h];
            while (j < h && arr[j].first < x) {
                int y = nums2[arr[j].second];
                pq.push(y);
                s += y;
                if (pq.size() > k) {
                    s -= pq.top();
                    pq.pop();
                }
                ++j;
            }
            ans[i] = s;
        }
        return ans;
    }
};
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func findMaxSum(nums1 []int, nums2 []int, k int) []int64 {
    n := len(nums1)
    arr := make([][2]int, n)
    for i, x := range nums1 {
        arr[i] = [2]int{x, i}
    }
    ans := make([]int64, n)
    sort.Slice(arr, func(i, j int) bool { return arr[i][0] < arr[j][0] })
    pq := hp{}
    var s int64
    j := 0
    for h, e := range arr {
        x, i := e[0], e[1]
        for j < h && arr[j][0] < x {
            y := nums2[arr[j][1]]
            heap.Push(&pq, y)
            s += int64(y)
            if pq.Len() > k {
                s -= int64(heap.Pop(&pq).(int))
            }
            j++
        }
        ans[i] = s
    }
    return ans
}

type hp struct{ sort.IntSlice }

func (h hp) Less(i, j int) bool { return h.IntSlice[i] < h.IntSlice[j] }
func (h *hp) Push(v any)        { h.IntSlice = append(h.IntSlice, v.(int)) }
func (h *hp) Pop() any {
    a := h.IntSlice
    v := a[len(a)-1]
    h.IntSlice = a[:len(a)-1]
    return v
}
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function findMaxSum(nums1: number[], nums2: number[], k: number): number[] {
    const n = nums1.length;
    const arr = nums1.map((x, i) => [x, i]).sort((a, b) => a[0] - b[0]);
    const pq = new MinPriorityQueue();
    let [s, j] = [0, 0];
    const ans: number[] = Array(k).fill(0);
    for (let h = 0; h < n; ++h) {
        const [x, i] = arr[h];
        while (j < h && arr[j][0] < x) {
            const y = nums2[arr[j++][1]];
            pq.enqueue(y);
            s += y;
            if (pq.size() > k) {
                s -= pq.dequeue();
            }
        }
        ans[i] = s;
    }
    return ans;
}

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