My first contrib

dynamic_programming/job_scheduling.py

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+"""
+Weighted Job Scheduling Problem
+Given jobs with start time, end time, and profit, find the maximum profit
+subset of non-overlapping jobs.
+https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weighted_interval_scheduling
+"""
+
+from bisect import bisect_right
+
+
+def job_scheduling(jobs: list[tuple[int, int, int]]) -> int:
+    """
+    >>> jobs = [(1, 3, 50), (3, 5, 20), (0, 6, 100), (4, 6, 70), (3, 8, 60)]
+    >>> job_scheduling(jobs)
+    120
+    >>> jobs = [(1, 2, 50), (3, 5, 20), (6, 19, 100), (2, 100, 200)]
+    >>> job_scheduling(jobs)
+    250
+    """
+    if not jobs:
+        return 0
+
+    jobs.sort(key=lambda job: job[1])
+    n = len(jobs)
+    dp = [0] * n
+    dp[0] = jobs[0][2]
+    end_times = [job[1] for job in jobs]
+
+    for i in range(1, n):
+        profit_incl = jobs[i][2]
+        index = bisect_right(end_times, jobs[i][0]) - 1  # allow adjacent jobs
+        if index != -1:
+            profit_incl += dp[index]
+        dp[i] = max(profit_incl, dp[i - 1])
+
+    return dp[-1]