Hard
Minimum Difficulty of a Job Schedule — C++
Full explanation · Time O(d * n^2) · Space O(d * n)
// Time: O(d * n^2)
// Space: O(d * n)
class Solution {
public:
int minDifficulty(vector<int>& jobDifficulty, int d) {
if (jobDifficulty.size() < d) {
return -1;
}
vector<vector<int>> dp(d,
vector<int>(jobDifficulty.size(),
numeric_limits<int>::max()));
dp[0][0] = jobDifficulty[0];
for (int i = 1; i < jobDifficulty.size(); ++i) {
dp[0][i] = max(dp[0][i - 1], jobDifficulty[i]);
}
for (int i = 1; i < d; ++i) {
for (int j = i; j < jobDifficulty.size(); ++j) {
int curr_max = jobDifficulty[j];
for (int k = j; k >= i; --k) {
curr_max = max(curr_max, jobDifficulty[k]);
if (dp[i - 1][k - 1] != numeric_limits<int>::max()) {
dp[i][j] = min(dp[i][j], dp[i - 1][k - 1] + curr_max);
}
}
}
}
return dp[d - 1][jobDifficulty.size() - 1];
}
};