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Group Anomalous Test Runs
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Group Anomalous Test Runs

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Problem

Given an array of test execution times, write an algorithm to identify and group anomalous runs.

Use Tukey's IQR rule: sort the times, include the median in both halves when the length is odd, and mark values below Q1 - 1.5 * IQR or above Q3 + 1.5 * IQR as anomalous. Return groups of consecutive anomalous indices from the original array.

Function: def group_anomalous_runs(times):. The input is a non-empty list of numbers, and the output is a list of lists of zero-based indices.

Constraints

  • 1 <= len(times) <= 10^4
  • times contains integers or floating-point numbers
  • Execution times are finite numbers
  • Use zero-based indices in the output
  • For an odd number of values, include the median in both quartile halves

Function Signature

def group_anomalous_runs(times):
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