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In the (deletion-channel) trace reconstruction problem, there is an unknown $n$-bit source string $x$. An algorithm is given access to independent traces of $x$, where a trace is formed by deleting each bit of~$x$ independently with…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2016-12-12 Anindya De , Ryan O'Donnell , Rocco Servedio

Several recent works have considered the \emph{trace reconstruction problem}, in which an unknown source string $x\in\{0,1\}^n$ is transmitted through a probabilistic channel which may randomly delete coordinates or insert random bits,…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2019-07-16 Frank Ban , Xi Chen , Rocco A. Servedio , Sandip Sinha

In the \emph{trace reconstruction problem}, an unknown source string $x \in \{0,1\}^n$ is transmitted through a probabilistic \emph{deletion channel} which independently deletes each bit with some fixed probability $\delta$ and concatenates…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-12-09 Xi Chen , Anindya De , Chin Ho Lee , Rocco A. Servedio , Sandip Sinha

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 coded trace reconstruction problem asks to construct a code $C\subset \{0,1\}^n$ such that any $x\in C$ is recoverable from independent outputs ("traces") of $x$ from a binary deletion channel (BDC). We present binary codes of rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-15 Joshua Brakensiek , Ray Li , Bruce Spang

A \emph{trace} of a sequence is generated by deleting each bit of the sequence independently with a fixed probability. The well-studied \emph{trace reconstruction} problem asks how many traces are required to reconstruct an unknown binary…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Wenjie Zhong , Xiande Zhang

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

Mean-based reconstruction is a fundamental, natural approach to worst-case trace reconstruction over channels with synchronization errors. It is known that $\exp(O(n^{1/3}))$ traces are necessary and sufficient for mean-based worst-case…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-14 Mahdi Cheraghchi , Joseph Downs , João Ribeiro , Alexandra Veliche

The trace reconstruction problem studies the number of noisy samples needed to recover an unknown string $\boldsymbol{x}\in\{0,1\}^n$ with high probability, where the samples are independently obtained by passing $\boldsymbol{x}$ through a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-15 Jin Sima , Jehoshua Bruck

In the trace reconstruction problem, one attempts to reconstruct a fixed but unknown string $x$ of length $n$ from a given number of traces $\tilde{x}$ drawn iid from the application of a noisy process (such as the deletion channel) to $x$.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Ittai Rubinstein

The Levenshtein sequence reconstruction problem studies the reconstruction of a transmitted sequence from multiple erroneous copies of it. A fundamental question in this field is to determine the minimum number of erroneous copies required…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Wentu Song , Kui Cai , Tony Q. S. Quek

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

The network inference problem consists of reconstructing the edge set of a network given traces representing the chronology of infection times as epidemics spread through the network. This problem is a paradigmatic representative of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-14 Bruno Abrahao , Flavio Chierichetti , Robert Kleinberg , Alessandro Panconesi

In the trace reconstruction problem, an unknown bit string ${\bf x}\in\{0,1 \}^n$ is sent through a deletion channel where each bit is deleted independently with some probability $q\in(0,1)$, yielding a contracted string $\widetilde{\bf…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-06-10 Nina Holden , Russell Lyons

Motivated by DNA-based storage applications, we study the problem of reconstructing a coded sequence from multiple traces. We consider the model where the traces are outputs of independent deletion channels, where each channel deletes each…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-07-13 Serge Kas Hanna

In the trace reconstruction problem an unknown string ${\bf x}=(x_0,\dots,x_{n-1})\in\{0,1,...,m-1\}^n$ is observed through the deletion channel, which deletes each $x_k$ with a certain probability, yielding a contracted string…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-08-08 Lisa Hartung , Nina Holden , Yuval Peres

In the Levenshtein's sequence reconstruction problem a codeword is transmitted through $N$ channels and in each channel a set of errors is introduced to the transmitted word. In previous works, the restriction that each channel provides a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Ville Junnila , Tero Laihonen , Tuomo Lehtilä

In the trace reconstruction problem, an unknown bit string $x \in \{0,1\}^n$ is observed through the deletion channel, which deletes each bit of $x$ with some constant probability $q$, yielding a contracted string $\widetilde{x}$. How many…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-13 Fedor Nazarov , Yuval Peres

A subspace method is introduced to solve large-scale trace ratio problems. This approach is matrix-free, requiring only the action of the two matrices involved in the trace ratio. At each iteration, a smaller trace ratio problem is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-04 G. Ferrandi , M. E. Hochstenbach , M. R. Oliveira

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