Practice Measuring Edit Distance - 5.2 | 5. Edit Distance | Design & Analysis of Algorithms - Vol 3
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Practice Questions

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Question 1

Easy

What are the three types of edit operations?

💡 Hint: Think about the ways you can change a word.

Question 2

Easy

How is edit distance calculated?

💡 Hint: Remember the three main operations involved.

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Interactive Quizzes

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Question 1

What operations are used in calculating edit distance?

  • Only Insertions
  • Insertions and Deletions
  • Insertions
  • Deletions
  • and Substitutions

💡 Hint: Consider all the ways you can change a character.

Question 2

Levenshtein distance is related to which of the following fields?

  • True
  • False

💡 Hint: Think about where we might compare strings.

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Challenge Problems

Push your limits with challenges.

Question 1

Calculate the edit distance between the words 'exponential' and 'polynomial', detailing each step and operation used.

💡 Hint: Begin by identifying any matching segments.

Question 2

In what scenarios would you use edit distance in data cleaning or preprocessing?

💡 Hint: Think about where textual information needs refining or errors corrected.

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