Practice Document Similarity Problem - 5.1 | 5. Edit Distance | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 3
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Document Similarity Problem

5.1 - Document Similarity Problem

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is the edit distance between 'bat' and 'cat'?

💡 Hint: Think about the letters that differ.

Question 2 Easy

What are the three basic operations in editing?

💡 Hint: They all start with the letter 'I' or 'D'.

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Question 1

What does edit distance measure?

A. The number of words in a sentence
B. The minimum number of edits needed to transform one document to another
C. The length of two texts combined

💡 Hint: Think about how documents can be similar or different.

Question 2

True or false: Edit distance only involves insertion and deletion.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the three operations.

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Challenge Problems

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Challenge 1 Hard

Given the words 'sunday' and 'monday', calculate the edit distance and explain each step.

💡 Hint: Break it down step by step, noticing which characters differ.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze the role of edit distance in genomic sequencing. How might this aid in understanding species evolution?

💡 Hint: Consider how mutations and variations affect sequences in biology.

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