Sparse dynamic programming for evolutionary-tree comparison

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 210-230

  Farach, Martin ^a   Thorup, Mikkel ^b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Computational biology; Evolutionary trees; Sparse dynamic programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001052107     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0097539794262422     Document Type: Review

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