The Needleman–Wunsch algorithm is an algorithm used in bioinformatics to align protein or nucleotide sequences. It was one of the first applications of...
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Waterman in 1981. Like the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, of which it is a variation, Smith–Waterman is a dynamic programming algorithm. As such, it has the desirable...
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into the other. Hirschberg's algorithm is simply described as a more space-efficient version of the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm that uses dynamic programming...
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Dynamic time warping (category Machine learning algorithms)
very similar to the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. This example illustrates the implementation of the dynamic time warping algorithm when the two sequences...
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least seven independent discoveries, including those by Viterbi, Needleman and Wunsch, and Wagner and Fischer. It was introduced to natural language processing...
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Longest common substring (section Algorithms)
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Algorithm Implementation/Strings/Longest common substring In computer science, a longest common substring of two...
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photographer and designer Wunsch Building, in Brooklyn, New York Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, algorithm used in bioinformatics to align protein or nucleotide sequences...
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Hirschberg's algorithm: finds the least cost sequence alignment between two sequences, as measured by their Levenshtein distance Needleman–Wunsch algorithm: find...
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Thompson's construction (redirect from Thompson's construction algorithm)
computer science, Thompson's construction algorithm, also called the McNaughton–Yamada–Thompson algorithm, is a method of transforming a regular expression...
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Sequence alignment (category Bioinformatics algorithms)
and/or end in gaps.) A general global alignment technique is the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, which is based on dynamic programming. Local alignments are more...
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Dynamic programming (redirect from List of algorithms that use dynamic programming)
optimum. Different variants exist, see Smith–Waterman algorithm and Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. The Tower of Hanoi or Towers of Hanoi is a mathematical...
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BLAST (biotechnology) (category Bioinformatics algorithms)
Smith-Waterman algorithm does. The Smith-Waterman algorithm was an extension of a previous optimal method, the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm, which was the...
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Longest common subsequence (redirect from Difference Algorithm)
linear in the lengths of the remaining sequences, so the time for this algorithm would be O ( 2 n 1 ∑ i > 1 n i ) . {\displaystyle O\left(2^{n_{1}}\sum...
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quasi-Newton class 1970 – Needleman–Wunsch algorithm published by Saul B. Needleman and Christian D. Wunsch 1972 – Edmonds–Karp algorithm published by Jack Edmonds...
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clamp to zero. Similarly, Hopper speeds up implementations of the Needleman–Wunsch algorithm. The Hopper architecture was the first Nvidia architecture to...
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Approximate string matching (category String matching algorithms)
hashing Metaphone Needleman–Wunsch algorithm Plagiarism detection Regular expressions for fuzzy and non-fuzzy matching Smith–Waterman algorithm Soundex String...
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complexity of source code; greater risk of bugs This table compares the algorithmic traits of string and rope implementations, not their raw speed. Array-based...
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Damerau–Levenshtein distance (section Algorithm)
use of closely related algorithms such as Needleman–Wunsch algorithm or Smith–Waterman algorithm.[citation needed] The algorithm can be used with any set...
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Sequential pattern mining (redirect from Algorithms for sequential pattern mining)
PrefixSpan algorithm and place the products on shelves based on the order of mined purchasing patterns. Commonly used algorithms include: GSP algorithm Sequential...
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an algorithm for compiling a regular expression to an NFA that can efficiently perform pattern matching on strings. Conversely, Kleene's algorithm can...
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Substring index (category Algorithms on strings)
related to the suffix tree and constructable by variants of the same algorithms. The suffix array, a sorted array of the starting positions of suffixes...
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name, it matches any value, but does not bind the value to any name. Algorithms for matching wildcards in simple string-matching situations have been...
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automaton Sequence alignment BLAST Hirschberg's algorithm Needleman–Wunsch algorithm Smith–Waterman algorithm Data structure DAFSA Substring index Suffix...
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lengths. The Needleman-Wunsch algorithm is a dynamic programming technique used to conduct global alignment. Essentially, the algorithm divides the problem...
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Computational genomics (section Compression algorithms)
similar. This led to the development of the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm, which is a dynamic programming algorithm for comparing sets of amino acid sequences...
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Suffix automaton (section Construction algorithm)
the University of Colorado Boulder. They suggested a linear time online algorithm for its construction and showed that the suffix automaton of a string...
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Shneiderman Necker cube – Louis Albert Necker Needleman–Wunsch algorithm – Saul B. Needleman and Christian D. Wunsch Néel temperature – Louis Néel Nernst effect...
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Optimal matching (section Algorithm)
sequences (see sequence alignment). Optimal matching uses the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm. Let S = ( s 1 , s 2 , s 3 , … s T ) {\displaystyle S=(s_{1},s_{2}...
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Ternary search tree (category Search algorithms)
(by Jon Bentley and Robert Sedgewick) about ternary search trees and algorithms for "sorting and searching strings" Ternary Search Tries – a video by...
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and acknowledges that the list is incomplete:: 43 Vintsyuk, 1968 Needleman and Wunsch, 1970 Sankoff, 1972 Sellers, 1974 Wagner and Fischer, 1974 Lowrance...
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