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Comparison of Exact String Matching Algorithms for Biological Sequences

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Bioinformatics Research and Development (BIRD 2008)

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Exact matching of single patterns in DNA and amino acid sequences is studied. We performed an extensive experimental comparison of algorithms presented in the literature. In addition, we introduce new variations of earlier algorithms. The results of the comparison show that the new algorithms are efficient in practice.

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 5400, FI-02015 HUT, Finland

    Petri Kalsi, Hannu Peltola & Jorma Tarhio

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Kalsi, P., Peltola, H., Tarhio, J. (2008). Comparison of Exact String Matching Algorithms for Biological Sequences. In: Elloumi, M., Küng, J., Linial, M., Murphy, R.F., Schneider, K., Toma, C. (eds) Bioinformatics Research and Development. BIRD 2008. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 13. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-70600-7_31

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