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heaviest common subsequence

(classic problem)

Definition: See longest common subsequence.

Author: CRC-A


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Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, CRC Press LLC, 1999, "heaviest common subsequence", in Dictionary of Algorithms and Data Structures [online], Vreda Pieterse and Paul E. Black, eds. 11 February 2019. (accessed TODAY) Available from: /HTML/heaviestCommonSubsequence.html