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edit distance: a standalone construct

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Algorithms and data structures

the least number of insertions, deletions and substitutions needed to turn one string into another, computed by dynamic programming.

In algorithms and data structures, edit distance refers to the least number of insertions, deletions and substitutions needed to turn one string into another, computed by dynamic programming. This meaning comes from Wagner (1974) in Journal of the ACM.[1]

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References

Wagner, R. A., & Fischer, M. J. (1974). The String-to-String Correction Problem. Journal of the ACM, 21(1), 168-173. https://doi.org/10.1145/321796.321811

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