Median String Problem with Bounded Alphabets (Median String Problem)

Description

Given a bounded alphabet $\Sigma$, a set $W$ of strings over $\Sigma$, and the Levenshtein distance between strings, find a string over $\Sigma$ that minimizes the sum of distances to the strings of $W$.

Related Problems

Related: Median String Problem with Unbounded Alphabets, Median String Problem with Binary Alphabets

Parameters

n: number of strings

Table of Algorithms

Currently no algorithms in our database for the given problem.

References/Citation

https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/3-540-44888-8_23.pdf