/** * File: edit_distance.dart * Created Time: 2023-08-11 * Author: liuyuxin (gvenusleo@gmail.com) */ import 'dart:math'; /* Edit distance: Brute force search */ int editDistanceDFS(String s, String t, int i, int j) { // If both s and t are empty, return 0 if (i == 0 && j == 0) return 0; // If s is empty, return the length of t if (i == 0) return j; // If t is empty, return the length of s if (j == 0) return i; // If the two characters are equal, skip these two characters if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) return editDistanceDFS(s, t, i - 1, j - 1); // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 int insert = editDistanceDFS(s, t, i, j - 1); int delete = 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, delete), replace) + 1; } /* Edit distance: Memoized search */ int editDistanceDFSMem(String s, String t, List> mem, int i, int j) { // If both s and t are empty, return 0 if (i == 0 && j == 0) return 0; // If s is empty, return the length of t if (i == 0) return j; // If t is empty, return the length of s if (j == 0) return i; // If there is a record, return it if (mem[i][j] != -1) return mem[i][j]; // If the two characters are equal, skip these two characters if (s[i - 1] == t[j - 1]) return editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i - 1, j - 1); // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 int insert = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, i, j - 1); int delete = 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, delete), replace) + 1; return mem[i][j]; } /* Edit distance: Dynamic programming */ int editDistanceDP(String s, String t) { int n = s.length, m = t.length; List> dp = List.generate(n + 1, (_) => List.filled(m + 1, 0)); // State transition: 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 transition: the rest of the 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 these two characters dp[i][j] = dp[i - 1][j - 1]; } else { // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 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; List dp = List.filled(m + 1, 0); // State transition: first row for (int j = 1; j <= m; j++) { dp[j] = j; } // State transition: the rest of the rows for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) { // State transition: first column int leftup = dp[0]; // Temporarily store dp[i-1, j-1] dp[0] = i; // State transition: the rest of the 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 these two characters dp[j] = leftup; } else { // The minimum number of edits = the minimum number of edits from three operations (insert, remove, replace) + 1 dp[j] = min(min(dp[j - 1], dp[j]), leftup) + 1; } leftup = temp; // Update for the next round of dp[i-1, j-1] } } return dp[m]; } /* Driver Code */ void main() { String s = "bag"; String t = "pack"; int n = s.length, m = t.length; // Brute force search int res = editDistanceDFS(s, t, n, m); print("Minimum edits required to change " + s + " to " + t + " = $res steps"); // Memoized search List> mem = List.generate(n + 1, (_) => List.filled(m + 1, -1)); res = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, n, m); print("Minimum edits required to change " + s + " to " + t + " = $res steps"); // Dynamic programming res = editDistanceDP(s, t); print("Minimum edits required to change " + s + " to " + t + " = $res steps"); // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = editDistanceDPComp(s, t); print("Minimum edits required to change " + s + " to " + t + " = $res steps"); }