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2 - Algorithm design

from Part I - Preliminaries

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2023

Veli Mäkinen ,
Djamal Belazzougui ,
Fabio Cunial  and
Alexandru I. Tomescu
Veli Mäkinen
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
Djamal Belazzougui
Affiliation:
Centre de Recherche sur l’Information Scientifique et Technique (CERIST), Algiers
Fabio Cunial
Affiliation:
Broad Institute, Massachusetts
Alexandru I. Tomescu
Affiliation:
University of Helsinki
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Summary

This chapter gives an introduction to complexity analysis, data representations, and reductions. In addition, the Knuth–Morris–Pratt algorithm is covered to give some taste of dynamic programming – a technique introduced in Chapters 4 and 6 and used extensively thereafter.

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Genome-Scale Algorithm Design
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2023

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