An optimal algorithm for the maximum-density segment problem

SIAM Journal on Computing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 373-387

  Chung, Kai Min ^a   Lu, Hsueh I ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bioinformatics; Biological sequence analysis; Computational geometry; Data structure; Maximum density segment; Sequence algorithm; Slope selection

Indexed keywords

BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLOGICAL SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; DATA STRUCTURE; MAXIMUM-DENSITY SEGMENT; SEQUENCE ALGORITHMS; SLOPE SELECTION;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; DNA; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SET THEORY; THEOREM PROVING;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 18444372685     PISSN: 00975397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0097539704440430     Document Type: Article

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