5.6 - Inductive Structure of Edit Distance
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Calculate the Edit Distance for 'bat' and 'cat'.
💡 Hint: Consider only character replacements.
What operation is used to convert 'good' to 'goood'?
💡 Hint: Think about how we add characters.
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What does Edit Distance measure?
💡 Hint: Think of the purpose of measuring similarity.
True or False: Edit Distance can only be calculated for words with the same length.
💡 Hint: Consider the flexibility of character operations.
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How would you convert 'algorithm' to 'alliteration'? Calculate the required Edit Distance.
💡 Hint: Start by identifying shared and differing characters between the two words.
Given two strings of different lengths, 'happy' and 'unhappiness', calculate the Edit Distance.
💡 Hint: Consider how you can minimize the longer string to match the shorter one.
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