Police and Thieves Matching
Updated Apr 28, 2026
Short answer
Maximizing arrests by pairing police with thieves within a specific range.
Deep explanation
Medium-level greedy problems often involve sorting or priority queues. Maximizing arrests by pairing police with thieves within a specific range.
Real-world example
Merging sorted logs from multiple microservices.
Common mistakes
- Using 0/1 Knapsack logic for Fractional Knapsack.
Follow-up questions
- Why use a Heap?