Efficient algorithms for locating the length-constrained heaviest segments with applications to biomolecular sequence analysis

Journal of Computer and System Sciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 570-586

  Lin, Yaw Ling ^a   Jiang, Tao ^b   Chao, Kun Mao ^c  

^a PROVIDENCE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Algorithm; Biomolecular sequence analysis; Efficiency; Length constraint; Maximum consecutive subsequence; Ungapped local alignment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

BIOMOLECULAR SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; EVOLUTIONARY DISTANCE; LENGHT-CONSTRAINED HEAVIEST SEGMENTS; PROTEIN MOLECULES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 23844487447     PISSN: 00220000     EISSN: 10902724     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-0000(02)00010-7     Document Type: Article

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