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We propose efficient algorithms for enumerating maximal common subsequences (MCSs) of two strings. Efficiency of the algorithms are estimated by the preprocessing-time, space, and delay-time complexities. One algorithm prepares a…
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In this paper, we consider a generalized longest common subsequence problem with multiple substring inclusive constraints. For the two input sequences $X$ and $Y$ of lengths $n$ and $m$, and a set of $d$ constraints $P=\{P_1,\cdots,P_d\}$…
In the problem of the longest common substring with $k$ mismatches we are given two strings $X, Y$ and must find the maximal length $\ell$ such that there is a length-$\ell$ substring of $X$ and a length-$\ell$ substring of $Y$ that differ…
New algorithm for finding longest increasing subsequence is discussed. This algorithm is based on the ideas of idempotent mathematics and uses Max-Plus idempotent semiring. Problem of finding longest increasing sub- sequence is reformulated…
The binary string matching problem consists in finding all the occurrences of a pattern in a text where both strings are built on a binary alphabet. This is an interesting problem in computer science, since binary data are omnipresent in…
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The longest common substring problem consists in finding a longest string that appears as a (contiguous) substring of two input strings. We consider the dynamic variant of this problem, in which we are to maintain two dynamic strings $S$…
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