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We study the problem of computing a longest increasing subsequence in a sequence $S$ of $n$ distinct elements in the presence of persistent comparison errors. In this model, every comparison between two elements can return the wrong result…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-08-13 Barbara Geissmann

We present the first $\mathrm{o}(n)$-space polynomial-time algorithm for computing the length of a longest common subsequence. Given two strings of length $n$, the algorithm runs in $\mathrm{O}(n^{3})$ time with $\mathrm{O}\left(\frac{n…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-09-21 Masashi Kiyomi , Takashi Horiyama , Yota Otachi

We study the problem of aligning multiple sequences with the goal of finding an alignment that either maximizes the number of aligned symbols (the longest common subsequence (LCS)), or minimizes the number of unaligned symbols (the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-10-26 Debarati Das , Barna Saha

Longest common subsequence (LCS) is one of the most fundamental problems in combinatorial optimization. Apart from theoretical importance, LCS has enormous applications in bioinformatics, revision control systems, and data comparison…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-03-17 MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Masoud Seddighin , Saeed Seddighin , Xiaorui Sun

Longest common subsequence ($\mathsf{LCS}$) is a classic and central problem in combinatorial optimization. While $\mathsf{LCS}$ admits a quadratic time solution, recent evidence suggests that solving the problem may be impossible in truly…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-11-23 Aviad Rubinstein , Saeed Seddighin , Zhao Song , Xiaorui Sun

Longest Common Subsequence ($LCS$) deals with the problem of measuring similarity of two strings. While this problem has been analyzed for decades, the recent interest stems from a practical observation that considering single characters is…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-05-25 Filip Pavetić , Ivan Katanić , Gustav Matula , Goran Žužić , Mile Šikić

The longest square subsequence (LSS) problem consists of computing a longest subsequence of a given string $S$ that is a square, i.e., a longest subsequence of form $XX$ appearing in $S$. It is known that an LSS of a string $S$ of length…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-07-30 Takafumi Inoue , Shunsuke Inenaga , Hideo Bannai

Finding the length of the longest increasing subsequence (LIS) is a classic algorithmic problem. Let $n$ denote the size of the array. Simple $O(n\log n)$ algorithms are known for this problem. We develop a polylogarithmic time randomized…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2013-08-06 M. Saks , C. Seshadhri

Longest Increasing Subsequence (LIS) is a fundamental statistic of a sequence, and has been studied for decades. While the LIS of a sequence of length $n$ can be computed exactly in time $O(n\log n)$, the complexity of estimating the…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2022-11-02 Alexandr Andoni , Negev Shekel Nosatzki , Sandip Sinha , Clifford Stein

We consider the longest common subsequence (LCS) problem with the restriction that the common subsequence is required to consist of at least $k$ length substrings. First, we show an $O(mn)$ time algorithm for the problem which gives a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2017-02-07 Yohei Ueki , Diptarama , Masatoshi Kurihara , Yoshiaki Matsuoka , Kazuyuki Narisawa , Ryo Yoshinaka , Hideo Bannai , Shunsuke Inenaga , Ayumi Shinohara

The Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) problem is a fundamental problem of sequence comparison. A natural approximation to this problem is a model in which every pairs of letters of two ``sequences'' are matched independently of the other…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-08-31 J. Boutet de Monvel

We give a near-optimal quantum algorithm for the longest common substring (LCS) problem between two run-length encoded (RLE) strings, with the assumption that the prefix-sums of the run-lengths are given. Our algorithm costs…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-11-06 Tzu-Ching Lee , Han-Hsuan Lin

Two strings of the same length are said to Cartesian-tree match (CT-match) if their Cartesian-trees are isomorphic [Park et al., TCS 2020]. Cartesian-tree matching is a natural model that allows for capturing similarities of numerical…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2026-01-01 Taketo Tsujimoto , Yuki Yonemoto , Hiroki Shibata , Takuya Mieno , Yuto Nakashima , Shunsuke Inenaga

In this work, we present a plethora of results for the range longest increasing subsequence problem (Range-LIS) and its variants. The input to RLIS is a sequence $S$ of $n$ real numbers and a collection $Q$ of $m$ query ranges, and for each…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Karthik C. S. , Saladi Rahul

The Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) Problem asks for the longest sequence of (non-contiguous) matches between two given strings of characters. Using extensive Monte Carlo simulations, we find a finite size scaling law of the form E(L)/N =C…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-10-31 J. Boutet de Monvel

The longest common extension problem (LCE problem) is to construct a data structure for an input string $T$ of length $n$ that supports LCE$(i,j)$ queries. Such a query returns the length of the longest common prefix of the suffixes…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-04-13 Philip Bille , Inge Li Gørtz , Mathias Bæk Tejs Knudsen , Moshe Lewenstein , Hjalte Wedel Vildhøj

We provide a deterministic algorithm that outputs an $O(n^{3/4} \log n)$-approximation for the Longest Common Subsequence (LCS) of two input sequences of length $n$ in near-linear time. This is the first deterministic approximation…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Itai Boneh , Shay Golan , Matan Kraus

We study dynamic algorithms for the longest increasing subsequence (\textsf{LIS}) problem. A dynamic \textsf{LIS} algorithm maintains a sequence subject to operations of the following form arriving one by one: (i) insert an element, (ii)…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Tomasz Kociumaka , Saeed Seddighin

The {\em longest common subsequence (LCS)} problem is a classic and well-studied problem in computer science. LCS is a central problem in stringology and finds broad applications in text compression, error-detecting codes and biological…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2010-04-20 Shihabur Rahman Chowdhury , Masud Hasan , Sumaiya Iqbal , M. Sohel Rahman

In this paper we address the constrained longest common subsequence problem. Given two sequences $X$, $Y$ and a constrained sequence $P$, a sequence $Z$ is a constrained longest common subsequence for $X$ and $Y$ with respect to $P$ if $Z$…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-03-05 Francis Yuk Lun Chin , Ngai Lam Ho , Alfredo De Santis , S. K. Kim