An Improved Approximation Algorithm for the Complementary Maximal Strip Recovery Problem

Zhong Li, Randy Goebel, Lusheng Wang, Guohui Lin*

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Chapters, Conference Papers, Creative and Literary WorksRGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)peer-review

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Abstract

Given two genomic maps G1 and G2 each represented as a sequence of n gene markers, the maximal strip recovery (MSR) problem is to retain the maximum number of markers in both G1 and G2 such that the resultant subsequences, denoted as G1* and G2*, can be partitioned into the same set of maximal strips, which are common substrings of length greater than or equal to two. The complementary maximal strip recovery (CMSR) problem has the complementary goal to delete the minimum number of markers. Both MSR and CMSR have been shown NP-hard and APX-complete, and they admit a 4-approximation and a 3-approximation respectively. In this paper, we present an improved 7/3-approximation algorithm for the CMSR problem, with its worst-case performance analysis done through a sequential amortization.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Algorithmics and Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management
EditorsMikhail Atallah, Xiang-Yang Li, Binhai Zhu
Pages46-57
ISBN (Electronic)9783642212048
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Event5th International Frontiers in Algorithmics Workshop and the 7th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (FAW-AAIM 2011) - Jinhua, China
Duration: 28 May 201131 May 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume6681
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference5th International Frontiers in Algorithmics Workshop and the 7th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (FAW-AAIM 2011)
PlaceChina
CityJinhua
Period28/05/1131/05/11

Research Keywords

  • approximation algorithm
  • Maximal strip recovery
  • sequential amortized analysis

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