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Maximum amount of capital required for selecting at most K projects

23 June 2025

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Given an integer N, representing number of projects, two arrays P[] and C[], consisting of N integers, and two integers W and K where, W is the initial capital amount, P[i] and C[i] are the profits and capital required to choose the i^th project. The task is to calculate the maximum amount of capital required to choose at most K projects, such that the profit of the chosen projects is added to W and choosing any project required at least C[i].

Examples:

Input: N = 3, W = 0, K = 2, P[] = {1, 2, 3}, C[] = {0, 1, 1}
Output: 4
Explanation:
Project 1: With the given amount of W as 0, the 0^th project can be chosen at a cost of C[0] i.e., 0, and after finishing the capital added to W i.e., W becomes W + P[0] = 1.
Project 2: With the given amount of W as 1, the 2^nd project can be chosen at a cost of C[2] i.e., 1, and after finishing the capital added to W i.e., W becomes W + P[2] = 1 + 3 = 4.

Input: N = 3, W = 1, K = 1, P[] = {10000, 2000, 3000}, C[] = {1, 1, 1}
Output: 10001

Approach: The given problem can be solved using the Greedy Algorithm and priority queue. Follow the steps below to solve the problem:

Initialize a priority_queue PQ to store all the project’s profit whose capital is at most W.
Traverse the array C[] using the variable i as the index and push the pair {C[i], i} in a vector of pairs V.
Sort the vector V in ascending order with respect to the first element.
Iterate until K is greater than 0:
- Push profit of all the projects that have not been selected yet and whose capital is at most W in the priority queue PQ.
- Increment the capital amount W by the maximum element of PQ i.e., W += PQ.top() and then pop the top element of PQ.
- Decrement the K by 1.
After completing the above steps, print the value of W as the maximum capital obtained.

Below is the implementation of the above approach:

C++

// C++ program for the above approach
 
#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
 
// Function to calculate maximum capital
// obtained after choosing at most K
// projects whose capital is less than
// the given cost of projects
int maximizedCapital(int K, int W,
                     vector<int>& profits,
                     vector<int>& capital)
{
    // Stores all projects with
    // capital at most W
    priority_queue<int> pq;
 
    // Stores the pair of {C[i], i}
    vector<pair<int, int> > v;
 
    // Traverse the vector C[]
    for (int i = 0;
         i < capital.size(); i++) {
        v.push_back({ capital[i], i });
    }
 
    // Sort the vector v
    sort(v.begin(), v.end());
 
    int j = 0;
 
    while (K) {
 
        // If capital is at most W
        while (j < (int)capital.size()
               && v[j].first <= W) {
 
            // Push the profit into
            // priority queue
            pq.push(profits[v[j].second]);
 
            // Increment j by one
            j++;
        }
 
        // If pq is not empty
        if (!pq.empty()) {
 
            // Update the capital W
            W = W + pq.top();
 
            // Delete the top of pq
            pq.pop();
        }
 
        // Decrement K by one
        K--;
    }
 
    // Return the maximum capital
    return W;
}
 
// Driver Code
int main()
{
    int K = 2;
    int W = 0;
    vector<int> P = { 1, 2, 3 };
    vector<int> C = { 0, 1, 1 };
    cout << maximizedCapital(K, W, P, C);
 
    return 0;
}

Java

// java program for the above approach
import java.io.*;
import java.lang.*;
import java.util.*;
 
public class GFG {
 
    // Function to calculate maximum capital
    // obtained after choosing at most K
    // projects whose capital is less than
    // the given cost of projects
    static int maximizedCapital(int K, int W, int profits[],
                                int capital[])
    {
        // Stores all projects with
        // capital at most W
        PriorityQueue<Integer> pq = new PriorityQueue<>(
            Collections.reverseOrder());
 
        // Stores the pair of {C[i], i}
        ArrayList<int[]> v = new ArrayList<>();
 
        // Traverse the vector C[]
        for (int i = 0; i < capital.length; i++) {
            v.add(new int[] { capital[i], i });
        }
 
        // Sort the vector v
        Collections.sort(v, (a, b) -> {
            if (a[0] != b[0])
                return a[0] - b[0];
            return a[1] - b[1];
        });
 
        int j = 0;
 
        while (K != 0) {
 
            // If capital is at most W
            while (j < capital.length && v.get(j)[0] <= W) {
 
                // Add the profit into
                // priority queue
                pq.add(profits[v.get(j)[1]]);
 
                // Increment j by one
                j++;
            }
 
            // If pq is not empty
            if (!pq.isEmpty()) {
 
                // Update the capital W
                W = W + pq.peek();
 
                // Delete the top of pq
                pq.poll();
            }
 
            // Decrement K by one
            K--;
        }
 
        // Return the maximum capital
        return W;
    }
 
    // Driver Code
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
 
        int K = 2;
        int W = 0;
        int P[] = { 1, 2, 3 };
        int C[] = { 0, 1, 1 };
       
        System.out.println(maximizedCapital(K, W, P, C));
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by Kingash.

Python3

from queue import PriorityQueue
 
# Function to calculate maximum capital
# obtained after choosing at most K
# projects whose capital is less than
# the given cost of projects
def maximized_capital(k, w, profits, capital):
    # Stores all projects with
    # capital at most W
    pq = PriorityQueue()
 
    # Stores the pair of , i]
    v = []
 
    # Traverse the vector C[]
    for i in range(len(capital)):
        v.append([capital[i], i])
 
    # sort the vector
    v.sort()
 
    j = 0
 
    while k:
        # if the capital is at most w
        while j < int(len(capital)) and v[j][0] <= w:
            # push the profit into 
            # priority queue
            pq.put(-profits[v[j][1]])
             
            # increment the j by 1
            j += 1
 
        # If pq i not empty 
        if pq.empty() is not True:
            temp = pq.get()
            # Update the capital w and go for next
            w = w + abs(temp)
         
        # Decrement k by 1
        k -= 1 
     
    # return the maximum capital
    return w
 
K = 2
W = 0
P = [1, 2, 3]
C = [0, 1, 1]
print(maximized_capital(K, W, P, C))
 
# This code is contributed by sdeadityasharma.

Javascript

// Function to calculate maximum capital
// obtained after choosing at most K
// projects whose capital is less than
// the given cost of projects
function maximized_capital(k, w, profits, capital) 
{
 
  // Stores all projects with capital at most W
  const pq = [];
 
  // Stores the pair of , i]
  const v = [];
 
  // Traverse the vector C[]
  for (let i = 0; i < capital.length; i++) {
    v.push([capital[i], i]);
  }
 
  // sort the vector
  v.sort((a, b) => a[0] - b[0]);
 
  let j = 0;
 
  while (k) {
    // if the capital is at most w
    while (j < capital.length && v[j][0] <= w) {
      // push the profit into priority queue
      pq.push(-profits[v[j][1]]);
 
      // increment the j by 1
      j++;
    }
 
    // If pq is not empty
    if (pq.length) {
      const temp = pq.pop();
      // Update the capital w and go for next
      w = w + Math.abs(temp);
    }
 
    // Decrement k by 1
    k--;
  }
 
  // return the maximum capital
  return w;
}
 
const K = 2;
const W = 0;
const P = [1, 2, 3];
const C = [0, 1, 1];
console.log(maximized_capital(K, W, P, C));
 
// This code is contributed by Aditya Sharma

C#

// C# code for the above approach
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
 
public class Program
{
    // Function to calculate maximum capital
    // obtained after choosing at most K
    // projects whose capital is less than
    // the given cost of projects
    public static int MaximixedCapital(int K, int W, List<int> profits, List<int> capital)
    {
        // Stores all projects with
        // capital at most W
        PriorityQueue<int> pq = new PriorityQueue<int>();
 
        // Stores the pair of , i]
        List<List<int>> v = new List<List<int>>();
 
        // Traverse the vector C[]
        for (int i = 0; i < capital.Count; i++)
        {
            List<int> temp = new List<int>();
            temp.Add(capital[i]);
            temp.Add(i);
            v.Add(temp);
        }
 
        // Sort the vector v
        v.Sort((a, b) => a[0].CompareTo(b[0]));
 
        int j = 0;
 
        while (K > 0)
        {
            // If the capital is at most W
            while (j < capital.Count && v[j][0] <= W)
            {
                // Push the profit into 
                // priority queue
                pq.Push(-profits[v[j][1]]);
                 
                // Increment j by 1
                j += 1;
            }
 
            // If pq is not empty 
            if (pq.Count != 0)
            {
                // Update the capital W and go for next
                W = W + Math.Abs(pq.Pop());
            }
 
            // Decrement K by 1
            K -= 1;
        }
 
        // Return the maximum capital
        return W;
    }
 
    public static void Main()
    {
        int K = 2;
        int W = 0;
        List<int> P = new List<int> { 1, 2, 3 };
        List<int> C = new List<int> { 0, 1, 1 };
        Console.WriteLine(MaximixedCapital(K, W, P, C));
    }
}
 
// PriorityQueue implementation using SortedSet
public class PriorityQueue<T> where T : IComparable<T>
{
    private SortedSet<T> data;
 
    public PriorityQueue()
    {
        data = new SortedSet<T>();
    }
 
    public void Push(T item)
    {
        data.Add(item);
    }
 
    public T Pop()
    {
        T item = data.Min;
        data.Remove(item);
        return item;
    }
 
    public int Count
    {
        get { return data.Count; }
    }
}
 
// This code is contributed by princekumaras

Output:

Time Complexity: O(N * K * log N)
Auxiliary Space: O(N)

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