Code RoomMaximum weight independent set
HardPrep Room Coding #1466

Maximum weight independent set

CodingAlgorithms & data structuresSenior–Staff~30 min

You are given an undirected tree with n nodes labeled 0..n-1, its n-1 edges, and a value for each node in 'values'. Choose a subset of nodes with maximum total value such that no two chosen nodes are adjacent (a maximum-weight independent set on a tree). Values may be any non-negative integers. Return the maximum total value. 1 <= n <= 10^5.

Implement
tree_max_independent_set(n: int, edges: list[list[int]], values: list[int]) → int
Examples
in[5,[[0,1],[0,2],[1,3],[1,4]],[3,2,1,10,1]]out14
What a strong answer looks like

State your approach and its time/space complexity out loud before you optimize. Handle the edge cases (empty input, duplicates, overflow), and say why you chose this over the brute force. Green tests are the floor, not the grade.

0:00 of about 30 min
InputExpectedGot
[5,[[0,1],[0,2],[1,3],[1,4]],[3,2,1,10,1]]14not run yetsample