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The edit distance (also: Levenshtein distance) between two strings measures the number of insertions and deletions it takes to convert one string to another.
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Understanding the heuristic used for approximate string searching through an FSA
The paper I'm looking at: Fast approximate string matching with finite automata (2009)
Explanation of the algorithm (from my understanding anyway):
A word is inputted into the automaton and from eac …
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