Add LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogN class and corresponding test class

src/main/java/com/thealgorithms/dynamicprogramming/LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogN.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of the Longest Increasing Subsequence (LIS) problem using
+ * an O(n log n) dynamic programming solution enhanced with binary search.
+ *
+ * @author Vusal Huseynov (https://github.com/huseynovvusal)
+ */
+public final class LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogN {
+    private LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogN() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Finds the index of the smallest element in the array that is greater than
+     * or equal to the target using binary search. The search is restricted to
+     * the first `size` elements of the array.
+     *
+     * @param arr    The array to search in (assumed to be sorted up to `size`).
+     * @param size   The number of valid elements in the array.
+     * @param target The target value to find the lower bound for.
+     * @return The index of the lower bound.
+     */
+    private static int lowerBound(int[] arr, int target, int size) {
+        int l = 0;
+        int r = size;
+
+        while (l < r) {
+            int mid = l + (r - l) / 2;
+
+            if (target > arr[mid]) {
+                // Move right if target is greater than mid element
+                l = mid + 1;
+            } else {
+                // Move left if target is less than or equal to mid element
+                r = mid;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Return the index where the target can be inserted
+        return l;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Calculates the length of the Longest Increasing Subsequence (LIS) in the given array.
+     *
+     * @param arr The input array of integers.
+     * @return The length of the LIS.
+     */
+    public static int lengthOfLIS(int[] arr) {
+        if (arr == null || arr.length == 0) {
+            return 0; // Return 0 for empty or null arrays
+        }
+
+        // tails[i] - the smallest end element of an increasing subsequence of length i+1
+        int[] tails = new int[arr.length];
+        // size - the length of the longest increasing subsequence found so far
+        int size = 0;
+
+        for (int x : arr) {
+            // Find the position to replace or extend the subsequence
+            int index = lowerBound(tails, x, size);
+
+            // Update the tails array with the current element
+            tails[index] = x;
+
+            // If the element extends the subsequence, increase the size
+            if (index == size) {
+                size++;
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Return the length of the LIS
+        return size;
+    }
+}

src/test/java/com/thealgorithms/dynamicprogramming/LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogNTest.java

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+package com.thealgorithms.dynamicprogramming;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
+import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
+
+public class LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogNTest {
+
+    private static Stream<Arguments> provideTestCases() {
+        return Stream.of(Arguments.of(new int[] {10, 9, 2, 5, 3, 7, 101, 18}, 4), Arguments.of(new int[] {0, 1, 0, 3, 2, 3}, 4), Arguments.of(new int[] {7, 7, 7, 7, 7}, 1), Arguments.of(new int[] {1, 3, 5, 4, 7}, 4), Arguments.of(new int[] {}, 0), Arguments.of(new int[] {10}, 1),
+            Arguments.of(new int[] {3, 10, 2, 1, 20}, 3), Arguments.of(new int[] {50, 3, 10, 7, 40, 80}, 4));
+    }
+
+    @ParameterizedTest
+    @MethodSource("provideTestCases")
+    public void testLengthOfLIS(int[] input, int expected) {
+        assertEquals(expected, LongestIncreasingSubsequenceNLogN.lengthOfLIS(input));
+    }
+}