Edit Distance in Near-Linear Time: it's a Constant Factor

We present an algorithm for approximating the edit distance between two strings of length n in time n^{1+\epsilon} , for any \epsilon > 0 , up to a constant factor. Our result completes a research direction set forth in the recent breakthrough paper [1], which showed the first constant-factor app...

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Hauptverfasser: Andoni, Alexandr, Nosatzki, Negev Shekel
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Abstract We present an algorithm for approximating the edit distance between two strings of length n in time n^{1+\epsilon} , for any \epsilon > 0 , up to a constant factor. Our result completes a research direction set forth in the recent breakthrough paper [1], which showed the first constant-factor approximation algorithm with a (strongly) sub-quadratic running time. The recent results [2], [3] have shown near-linear complexity only under the restriction that the edit distance is close to maximal (equivalently, there is a near-linear additive approximation). In contrast, our algorithm obtains a constant-factor approximation in near-linear running time for any input strings.
AbstractList We present an algorithm for approximating the edit distance between two strings of length n in time n^{1+\epsilon} , for any \epsilon > 0 , up to a constant factor. Our result completes a research direction set forth in the recent breakthrough paper [1], which showed the first constant-factor approximation algorithm with a (strongly) sub-quadratic running time. The recent results [2], [3] have shown near-linear complexity only under the restriction that the edit distance is close to maximal (equivalently, there is a near-linear additive approximation). In contrast, our algorithm obtains a constant-factor approximation in near-linear running time for any input strings.
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SubjectTerms Additives
Approximation algorithms
Complexity theory
edit distance
fine-grained complexity
Measurement
Signal processing algorithms
sublinear algorithms
Transforms
Title Edit Distance in Near-Linear Time: it's a Constant Factor
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