Multiple Local Alignment (Local Alignment)

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Description

Given $k$ input strings and a scoring function on pairs of letters, one is asked to find the substrings of the $k$ input strings that are most similar under the scoring function.

Related Problems

Generalizations: Local Alignment

Parameters

$k$: number of input strings

$n$: length of input strings

Table of Algorithms

Currently no algorithms in our database for the given problem.

Reductions FROM Problem

Problem Implication Year Citation Reduction
CNF-SAT if: to-time: $N^{k-\epsilon}$ for some $\epsilon > {0}$ on $k$ binary strings of length $n$ with $k$-wise scoring
then: from-time: ${2}^{(n-\epsilon')}$ for some $\epsilon' > {0}$
2014 https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-662-43948-7_4 link