Practice Applications in Spelling Corrections - 5.4 | 5. Edit Distance | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 3
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Question 1

Easy

What is Edit Distance?

💡 Hint: Think of how you would change one word to another.

Question 2

Easy

List the three types of operations involved in calculating Edit Distance.

💡 Hint: Consider the methods through which we can change letters.

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Question 1

What does Edit Distance measure?

  • The length of a string
  • The similarity between two strings
  • The frequency of characters

💡 Hint: Focus on what information Edit Distance provides.

Question 2

True or False: Edit Distance only accounts for insertions and deletions.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about all ways you can change a string.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given the words 'book' and 'back', compute the Edit Distance and detail each change.

💡 Hint: Compare each character systematically.

Question 2

Discuss the practical implications of optimizing Edit Distance for large databases of text.

💡 Hint: Think about the scale of data and how this optimization leads to faster query handling.

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