Stringalgorithmsareatraditionalareaofstudyincomputerscience.Inrecentyearstheirimportancehasgrowndramaticallywiththehugeincreaseofelectronicallystoredtextandofmolecularsequencedata(DNAorproteinsequences)producedbyvariousgenomeprojects.This1997bookisageneraltextoncomputeralgorithmsforstringprocessing.Inadditiontopurecomputerscience,thebookcontainsextensivediscussionsonbiologicalproblemsthatarecastasstringproblems,andonmethodsdevelopedtosolvethem.Itemphasisesthefundamentalideasandtechniquescentraltotoday'sapplications.Newapproachestothiscomplexmaterialsimplifymethodsthatuptonowhavebeenforthespecialistalone.Withover400exercisestoreinforcethematerialanddevelopadditionaltopics,thebookissuitableasatextforgraduateoradvancedundergraduatestudentsincomputerscience,computationalbiology,orbio-informatics.Itsdiscussionofcurrentalgorithmsandtechniquesalsomakesitareferenceforprofessionals.
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