Faster Exact Computation of rSPR Distance

Zhi-Zhong Chen, Lusheng Wang

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

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Abstract

Due to hybridization events in evolution, studying two different genes of a set of species may yield two related but different phylogenetic trees for the set of species. In this case, we want to measure the dissimilarity of the two trees. The rooted subtree prune and regraft (rSPR) distance of the two trees has been used for this purpose, and many algorithms and software tools have been developed for computing the rSPR distance of two given phylogenetic trees. The previously fastest exact algorithm for this problem runs in time, where n and d are the number of leaves and the rSPR distance of the input trees, respectively. In this paper, we present a faster exact algorithm which runs in O (2.415dn) time, where n and d are the number of leaves and the rSPR distance of the input trees, respectively. In this paper, we present a faster exact algorithm which runs in O (2.344dn) time. Our experiments show that the new algorithm can be significantly faster than the newest version (namely, v1.1.1) of the previously best software (namely, Whidden et al.'s RSPR) for rSPR distance.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFrontiers in Algorithmics and Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management
EditorsMichael Fellows, Xuehou Tan, Binhai Zhu
Pages36-47
ISBN (Electronic)9783642387562
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2013
Event7th International Frontiers in Algorithmics Workshop and the 9th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (FAW-AAIM 2013) - Dalian, China
Duration: 26 Jun 201328 Jun 2013

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume7924
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference7th International Frontiers in Algorithmics Workshop and the 9th International Conference on Algorithmic Aspects in Information and Management (FAW-AAIM 2013)
Country/TerritoryChina
CityDalian
Period26/06/1328/06/13

Research Keywords

  • fixed-parameter algorithm
  • Phylogenetic tree
  • rSPR distance

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