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The sequence reconstruction problem was proposed by Levenshtein in 2001. In this model, a sequence from a code is transmitted over several channels, and the decoder receives the distinct outputs from each channel. The main problem is to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-16 Xiang Wang , Han Li , Fang-Wei Fu

Consider two or more strings $\mathbf{x}^1,\mathbf{x}^2,\ldots,$ that are concatenated to form $\mathbf{x}=\langle \mathbf{x}^1,\mathbf{x}^2,\ldots \rangle$. Suppose that up to $\delta$ deletions occur in each of the concatenated strings.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Serge Kas Hanna

The sequence reconstruction problem involves a model where a sequence is transmitted over several identical channels. This model investigates the minimum number of channels required for the unique reconstruction of the transmitted sequence.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-04-30 Zhaojun Lan , Yubo Sun , Wenjun Yu , Gennian Ge

The central problem in sequence reconstruction is to find the minimum number of distinct channel outputs required to uniquely reconstruct the transmitted sequence. According to Levenshtein's work in 2001, this number is determined by the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-14 Wentu Song , Kui Cai , Tony Q. S. Quek

We consider the problem of reconstructing an undirected graph $G$ on $n$ vertices given multiple random noisy subgraphs or "traces". Specifically, a trace is generated by sampling each vertex with probability $p_v$, then taking the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Andrew McGregor , Rik Sengupta

We study the problem of learning a node-labeled tree given independent traces from an appropriately defined deletion channel. This problem, tree trace reconstruction, generalizes string trace reconstruction, which corresponds to the tree…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2020-09-22 Sami Davies , Miklos Z. Racz , Cyrus Rashtchian

This work studies problems in data reconstruction, an important area with numerous applications. In particular, we examine the reconstruction of binary and non-binary sequences from synchronization (insertion/deletion-correcting) codes.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-09 Frederic Sala , Ryan Gabrys , Clayton Schoeny , Lara Dolecek

Transmit a codeword $x$, that belongs to an $(\ell-1)$-deletion-correcting code of length $n$, over a $t$-deletion channel for some $1\le \ell\le t<n$. Levenshtein, in 2001, proposed the problem of determining $N(n,\ell,t)+1$, the minimum…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Van Long Phuoc Pham , Keshav Goyal , Han Mao Kiah

The sequence reconstruction problem, introduced by Levenshtein in 2001, considers a communication scenario where the sender transmits a codeword from some codebook and the receiver obtains multiple noisy reads of the codeword. Motivated by…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Johan Chrisnata , Han Mao Kiah , Eitan Yaakobi

In the paper, the Levenshtein's sequence reconstruction problem is considered in the case where at most $t$ substitution errors occur in each of the $N$ channels and the decoder outputs a list of length $\mathcal{L}$. Moreover, it is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-17 Ville Junnila , Tero Laihonen , Tuomo Lehtilä

Motivated by average-case trace reconstruction and coding for portable DNA-based storage systems, we initiate the study of \emph{coded trace reconstruction}, the design and analysis of high-rate efficiently encodable codes that can be…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-11 Mahdi Cheraghchi , Ryan Gabrys , Olgica Milenkovic , João Ribeiro

Motivated by mass-spectrometry protein sequencing, we consider a simply-stated problem of reconstructing a string from the multiset of its substring compositions. We show that all strings of length 7, one less than a prime, or one less than…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2014-03-12 Jayadev Acharya , Hirakendu Das , Olgica Milenkovic , Alon Orlitsky , Shengjun Pan

Levenshtein first introduced the sequence reconstruction problem in $2001$. In the realm of combinatorics, the sequence reconstruction problem is equivalent to determining the value of $N(n,d,t)$, which represents the maximum size of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Xiang Wang , Weijun Fang , Han Li , Fang-Wei Fu

Optimal reconstruction of a source sequence from multiple noisy traces corrupted by random insertions, deletions, and substitutions typically requires joint processing of all traces, leading to computational complexity that grows…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Aria Nouri

Motivated by the sequence reconstruction problem from traces in DNA-based storage, we consider the problem of designing codes for the deletion channel when multiple observations (or traces) are available to the decoder. We propose simple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-06-26 Mahed Abroshan , Ramji Venkataramanan , Lara Dolecek , Albert Guillén i Fàbregas

This paper considers the problem of inferring the structure of a network from indirect observations. Each observation (a "trace") is the unordered set of nodes which are activated along a path through the network. Since a trace does not…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-01-30 Vincent Gripon , Michael Rabbat

We show that approximating the trace norm contraction coefficient of a quantum channel within a constant factor is NP-hard. Equivalently, this shows that determining the optimal success probability for encoding a bit in a quantum system…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-09-23 Idris Delsol , Omar Fawzi , Jan Kochanowski , Akshay Ramachandran

The deletion channel is the simplest point-to-point communication channel that models lack of synchronization. Input bits are deleted independently with probability d, and when they are not deleted, they are not affected by the channel.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2011-05-02 Yashodhan Kanoria , Andrea Montanari

The problem of string reconstruction based on its substrings spectrum has received significant attention recently due to its applicability to DNA data storage and sequencing. In contrast to previous works, we consider in this paper a setup…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-11 Yonatan Yehezkeally , Sagi Marcovich , Eitan Yaakobi

Reconstructing continuous signals from a small number of discrete samples is a fundamental problem across science and engineering. In practice, we are often interested in signals with 'simple' Fourier structure, such as bandlimited,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-24 Haim Avron , Michael Kapralov , Cameron Musco , Christopher Musco , Ameya Velingker , Amir Zandieh