Amazon Warehouse Shelf Picking Route
Amazon Warehouse Shelf Picking Route
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Nisha optimizes picking routes for Amazon's Bangalore warehouse. Given shelf heights and item locations, she must find the path that minimizes vertical movement when picking multiple items. Calculate the minimum total vertical distance needed.
Approach
Given an array of shelf heights for items to pick, find the minimum total vertical distance by choosing optimal picking sequence and movements.
Input
5
1 5 2 4 3
Output
4
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