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DOI: 10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2023.52
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-177041
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Richomme, Gwenaël ; Rosenfeld, Matthieu

Reconstructing Words Using Queries on Subwords or Factors

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Abstract

We study word reconstruction problems. Improving a previous result by P. Fleischmann, M. Lejeune, F. Manea, D. Nowotka and M. Rigo, we prove that, for any unknown word w of length n over an alphabet of cardinality k, w can be reconstructed from the number of occurrences as subwords (or scattered factors) of O(k²√{nlog₂(n)}) words. Two previous upper bounds obtained by S. S. Skiena and G. Sundaram are also slightly improved: one when considering information on the existence of subwords instead of on the numbers of their occurrences, and, the other when considering information on the existence of factors.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{richomme_et_al:LIPIcs.STACS.2023.52,
  author =	{Richomme, Gwena\"{e}l and Rosenfeld, Matthieu},
  title =	{{Reconstructing Words Using Queries on Subwords or Factors}},
  booktitle =	{40th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2023)},
  pages =	{52:1--52:15},
  series =	{Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-266-2},
  ISSN =	{1868-8969},
  year =	{2023},
  volume =	{254},
  editor =	{Berenbrink, Petra and Bouyer, Patricia and Dawar, Anuj and Kant\'{e}, Mamadou Moustapha},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2023/17704},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-177041},
  doi =		{10.4230/LIPIcs.STACS.2023.52},
  annote =	{Keywords: Word reconstruction, Subwords, Factors}
}

Keywords: Word reconstruction, Subwords, Factors
Collection: 40th International Symposium on Theoretical Aspects of Computer Science (STACS 2023)
Issue Date: 2023
Date of publication: 03.03.2023

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