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Boat Docking Optimization

Given boats with arrival/departure times and parking revenue, plus dock construction costs, find the maximum profit while minimizing the number of docks used. Similar to Meeting Rooms II problem requiring interval scheduling optimization.

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Mid November, 2025

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The question stated there were many boats and they needed to be parked at docking stations. The arrival and departure time of boats was given and the cost of construction of docks. Each boat earned some money depending on how long they were parked. I had to return the max profit making sure minimum number of docks were used. So it was very similar to the meeting room 2 problem and the solution was to use a min heap

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