Problem
Select Least Resource Tasks
Problem statement
Amazon's Elastic Container Service schedules tasks dynamically. You are given an integer array resourceConsumption, where resourceConsumption[i] is the resource consumption of one task.
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Example 1
resourceConsumption = [4, 3, 2, 1]return = 4The lowest value is 1, so it is selected and removed with its left neighbor 2. The remaining tasks are [4, 3]. Next, 3 is selected and removed with 4. The total is 1 + 3 = 4.
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