Practice Complexity Analysis - 5.8 | 5. Edit Distance | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 3
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Question 1

Easy

Define Edit Distance in your own words.

💡 Hint: Think about the operations involved.

Question 2

Easy

List the three primary edit operations.

💡 Hint: Consider how you can alter a string.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What does Edit Distance measure?

  • How similar two strings are
  • How long two strings are
  • How many words are in a text

💡 Hint: Focus on the purpose of the metric.

Question 2

True or False: The Edit Distance can only be calculated for strings of equal length.

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about how characters can be added or removed.

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Challenge Problems

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Question 1

Given the words 'abcdef' and 'azced', calculate the Edit Distance and describe each step.

💡 Hint: Break down the steps and visualize the transformations.

Question 2

Create a scenario where Edit Distance can help in finding similarities in two historical texts.

💡 Hint: Consider the applications in text analysis.

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