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In order to maximize profit and minimize cost, the...

Creato il: 10 settembre 2025

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In order to maximize profit and minimize cost, the HR has decided to create a program to filter through candidates and find suitable people to work for the company.

There are a total of n candidates, and the super advanced AI for the company has determined that for the ith candidate (starting from 0), the expected salary of that candidate is s[i] per month and the amount of work that candidate can do is w[i]. However, each candidate needs to be paid bonuses, health insurance, and other miscellaneous costs, so the monthly cost of each candidate is going to be double their expected salary.

The company has a monthly budget of b to spend on the new employees, and it's unlikely that they will be able to hire all candidates. They want to maximize the amount of work done while making sure the amount of money spent on the new employees doesn't exceed their monthly budget.

That is where you come in. You need to write a function that takes each candidate's expected salary, the amount of work they can do, and the company's monthly budget, and calculate the most work the new employees can do.

Parameters
s: A list of integers representing the expected monthly salary of each candidate.
w: A list of integers representing how much work that candidate can do if the company hires them.
b: An integer representing the company's monthly budget.
Result
An integer representing the maximum work done by the employees while not exceeding the company's budget.
Examples
Example 1:
Input: s = [2, 2, 3, 4], w = [2, 4, 4, 5], b = 15

Output: 10

Explanation: The monthly cost on each candidate is double their expected salary, so [4, 4, 6, 8]. Hiring candidates 0, 1, 2, the total cost is equal to 4 + 4 + 6 = 14 <= 15 while the total work done is 2 + 4 + 4 = 10, which is the maximum.

Restrictions
1 <= n <= 1000
1 <= s[i] <= 10^6 for each 0 <= i < n
1 <= w[i] <= 100 for each 0 <= i < n
1 <= b <= 1000

code in java and also explain the logic

Pensiero

Creating a knapsack solution

I need to produce Java code for the 0/1 Knapsack problem. The capacity is small (1000), but the costs can reach as high as 1e6, so we'll ignore items with a cost over the capacity. I'll use dynamic programming (DP) to calculate maximum work with capacity and cost constraints. The solution should consider edge cases and be manageable within O(n*b) complexity. I'll ensure a working Java function with an example and include time and space complexity explanations.

Considering constraints and solution approach

I thought about using branch and bound, but it's not necessary here. We’ll keep the solution straightforward and focus on clear, concise code with comments. Given the constraints, we’ll make sure to include early returns and avoid unnecessary data structures. The monthly budget "b" limits the values of costs, so I’ll ensure the array size remains manageable. I'll write this out with an example result of 10 to illustrate the solution.

Explaining the knapsack solution

I’ve written the code for solving the 0/1 knapsack problem with dynamic programming. It updates the DP array to make sure we don’t exceed the budget, and after processing all items, it finds the best work achievable, considering costs up to budget "b." However, the final value might not always be exactly at dp[b], so we scan the array to find the overall maximum.

Clarifying the DP logic

I’ve been thinking through the behavior of the DP array. It's not strictly monotone, but what’s important is that we’re focusing on the best value that’s achievable for any capacity ≤ b. The recurrence ensures that dp[b] holds the optimal result without needing to scan across all capacities. Thus, we can directly return dp[b].

Thought for 1m 1s

Risposta

Here’s a clean, efficient solution—this is exactly a 0/1 knapsack: each candidate is an item with

  • cost = 2 * s[i] (salary plus benefits), and
  • value = w[i] (work produced),

and we want to maximize total value without exceeding budget b.

Idea

Use a 1-D dynamic programming array dp[c] = maximum work achievable with budget at most c.
For each candidate (processed once), iterate c downwards from b to cost and try taking the candidate.

Time is O(n * b) (≤ 1e6 ops with given limits), space is O(b).

Java code

java
public class HiringMaxWork {

    // Returns the maximum work achievable within budget b
    public static int maxWork(int[] s, int[] w, int b) {
        if (s == null || w == null || s.length != w.length) {
            throw new IllegalArgumentException("s and w must be non-null and of equal length");
        }
        int n = s.length;
        int[] dp = new int[b + 1]; // dp[c] = max work with budget at most c

        for (int i = 0; i < n; i++) {
            int cost = 2 * s[i]; // monthly cost including extras
            if (cost > b) continue; // can't afford this candidate at all

            // Traverse backwards to preserve 0/1 choice (each candidate at most once)
            for (int c = b; c >= cost; c--) {
                dp[c] = Math.max(dp[c], dp[c - cost] + w[i]);
            }
        }
        // dp[b] already represents the best we can do with budget at most b
        return dp[b];
    }

    // Quick demo with the provided example
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        int[] s = {2, 2, 3, 4};
        int[] w = {2, 4, 4, 5};
        int b = 15;
        System.out.println(maxWork(s, w, b)); // prints 10
    }
}

Why this works

  • Processing capacities downwards ensures each candidate is used at most once (0/1 knapsack).
  • dp[c] always holds the best work for any combination costing ≤ c, so returning dp[b] gives the optimal answer within the budget.
  • Candidates whose 2 * s[i] > b are ignored since they can’t be hired under the budget.

Example check

For s = [2,2,3,4], costs are [4,4,6,8], w = [2,4,4,5], b = 15.
Optimal is hiring 0,1,2: cost 4+4+6=14 ≤ 15, work 2+4+4=10. The code returns 10.

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