/** * File: edit_distance.cpp * Created Time: 2023-07-13 * Author: krahets (krahets@163.com) */ #include "../utils/common.hpp" /* Edit distance: brute-force search */ int editDistanceDFS(string s, string t, int i, int j) { // If both prefixes s[0:i] and t[0:j] are empty, return 0 if (i == 0 && j == 0) return 0; // If the prefix s[0:i] is empty, return j, the length of t[0:j] if (i == 0) return j; // If the prefix t[0:j] is empty, return i, the length of s[0:i] if (j == 0) return i; // If the two characters are equal, skip both of them if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) return editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // Minimum edits = the minimum among the insertion, deletion, and replacement subproblems + 1 int insert = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i, j - 1); int del = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j); int replace = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // Return the minimum number of edits return min(min(insert, del), replace) + 1; } /* Edit distance: memoized search */ int editDistanceDFSMem(string s, string t, vector> &mem, int i, int j) { // If both prefixes s[0:i] and t[0:j] are empty, return 0 if (i == 0 && j == 0) return 0; // If the prefix s[0:i] is empty, return j, the length of t[0:j] if (i == 0) return j; // If the prefix t[0:j] is empty, return i, the length of s[0:i] if (j == 0) return i; // If a result has already been recorded, return it directly if (mem[i][j] != -1) return mem[i][j]; // If the two characters are equal, skip both of them if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) return editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // Minimum edits = the minimum among the insertion, deletion, and replacement subproblems + 1 int insert = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i, j - 1); int del = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j); int replace = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // Record and return the minimum number of edits mem[i][j] = min(min(insert, del), replace) + 1; return mem[i][j]; } /* Edit distance: dynamic programming */ int editDistanceDP(string s, string t) { int n = s.length(), m = t.length(); vector> dp(n + 1, vector(m + 1, 0)); // State transitions: first row and first column for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { dp[i][0] = i; } for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[0][j] = j; } // State transitions: remaining rows and columns for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) { // If the two characters are equal, skip both of them dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1]; } else { // Minimum edits = the minimum among the insertion, deletion, and replacement subproblems + 1 dp[i][j] = min(min(dp[i][j - 1], dp[i - 1][j]), dp[i - 1][j - 1]) + 1; } } } return dp[n][m]; } /* Edit distance: space-optimized dynamic programming */ int editDistanceDPComp(string s, string t) { int n = s.length(), m = t.length(); vector dp(m + 1, 0); // State transitions: first row for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[j] = j; } // State transitions: remaining rows for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { // State transitions: first column int leftup = dp[0]; // Temporarily store dp[i-1, j-1] dp[0] = i; // State transitions: remaining columns for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { int temp = dp[j]; if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) { // If the two characters are equal, skip both of them dp[j] = leftup; } else { // Minimum edits = the minimum among the insertion, deletion, and replacement subproblems + 1 dp[j] = min(min(dp[j - 1], dp[j]), leftup) + 1; } leftup = temp; // Update to dp[i-1, j-1] for the next iteration } } return dp[m]; } /* Driver code */ int main() { string s = "bag"; string t = "pack"; int n = s.length(), m = t.length(); // Brute-force search int res = editDistanceDFS(s, t, n, m); cout << "Changing " << s << " to " << t << " requires at least " << res << " edits\n"; // Memoized search vector> mem(n + 1, vector(m + 1, -1)); res = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, n, m); cout << "Changing " << s << " to " << t << " requires at least " << res << " edits\n"; // Dynamic programming res = editDistanceDP(s, t); cout << "Changing " << s << " to " << t << " requires at least " << res << " edits\n"; // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = editDistanceDPComp(s, t); cout << "Changing " << s << " to " << t << " requires at least " << res << " edits\n"; return 0; }