Weighted Job Scheduling Problem Statement

You have 'N' jobs, each with a start time, end time, and profit. Your task is to identify the maximum profit that can be earned by scheduling these jobs such that no two jobs overlap.

Input:
The first line contains an integer 'T' denoting the number of test cases. 
For each test case:
- The first line contains an integer 'N' denoting the number of jobs.
- The second line contains 'N' space-separated integers representing the start times of the jobs.
- The third line contains 'N' space-separated integers representing the end times of the jobs.
- The fourth line contains 'N' space-separated integers representing the profits of the jobs.
Output:
For each test case, output the maximum profit obtainable. Each result should be printed on a new line.

Example:

Input:
1 
4
1 2 3 3
3 5 4 5
50 10 40 70
Output:
120
Constraints:
  • 1 <= T <= 100
  • 1 <= N <= 3000
  • 1 <= Start[i] < End[i] <= 10^9
  • 1 <= Profit[i] <= 10^9
Note:

The start time of one job can be equal to the end time of another.

Follow-up:

Can you devise an algorithm that solves this problem in O(N*log(N)) time complexity?

AnswerBot
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The Weighted Job Scheduling problem involves maximizing profit by scheduling non-overlapping jobs with start time, end time, and profit given.

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