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FSTTCS 1988: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science pp 80–87Cite as

Constant-space string-matching

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Abstract

We present a string-matching algorithm with the following properties: it is linear in time with a small multiplicative constant during all its phases; it processes the searched text with constant memory space in addition to the string.

This work has been supported by PRC Math.-Info.

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  1. Université de Paris-Nord, avenue J-B Clément, F-93430, Villetaneuse

    Maxime Crochemore

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Kesav V. Nori Sanjeev Kumar

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Crochemore, M. (1988). Constant-space string-matching. In: Nori, K.V., Kumar, S. (eds) Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS 1988. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 338. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-50517-2_72

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