1.375-Approximation algorithm for sorting by Reversals

Piotr Berman, Sridhar Hannenhalli, Marek Karpinski

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    Abstract

    Analysis of genomes evolving by inversions leads to a general combinatorial problem of Sorting by Reversals, MIN-SBR, the problem of sorting a permutation by a minimum number of reversals. Following a series of preliminary results, Hannenhalli and Pevzner developed the first exact polynomial time algorithm for the problem of sorting signed permutations by reversals, and a polynomial time algorithm for a special case of unsigned permutations. The best known approximation algorithm for MIN-SBR, due to Christie, gives a performance ratio of 1.5. In this paper, by exploiting the polynomial time algorithm for sorting signed permutations and by developing a new approximation algorithm for maximum cycle decomposition of breakpoint graphs, we design a new 1.375-algorithm

    Original languageEnglish (US)
    Title of host publicationAlgorithms - ESA 2002 - 10th Annual European Symposium, Proceedings
    EditorsRolf Möhring, Rajeev Raman
    PublisherSpringer Verlag
    Pages200-210
    Number of pages11
    ISBN (Electronic)3540441808, 9783540441809
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 2002
    Event10th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2002 - Rome, Italy
    Duration: Sep 17 2002Sep 21 2002

    Publication series

    NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
    Volume2461
    ISSN (Print)0302-9743
    ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

    Other

    Other10th Annual European Symposium on Algorithms, ESA 2002
    Country/TerritoryItaly
    CityRome
    Period9/17/029/21/02

    All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

    • Theoretical Computer Science
    • General Computer Science

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