Practice Code Similarity - 4.1.2 | 4. Document Similarity and Its Applications | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 1
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Question 1

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What is edit distance?

💡 Hint: Think about what edits entail, such as adding, deleting, or changing letters.

Question 2

Easy

Why is plagiarism detection important?

💡 Hint: Consider the consequences of copying in schools and professional settings.

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Question 1

What does the term 'edit distance' refer to?

  • The number of words in a document
  • The number of edits required to transform one document into another
  • The time taken to read a document

💡 Hint: Consider what is involved in changing one document to match another.

Question 2

True or False: Dynamic programming allows you to store results of subproblems to avoid redundant calculations.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how you would improve calculations rather than compute them multiple times.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given two documents: 'The quick brown fox' and 'The quick brown dog', calculate the edit distance and explain your steps.

💡 Hint: Track your edits one by one.

Question 2

Explain how you might approach calculating the similarity between 'algorithm' and 'algorithms' semantically and textually.

💡 Hint: Think about how words can change with context.

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