/** * File: edit_distance.java * Created Time: 2023-07-13 * Author: krahets (krahets@163.com) */ package chapter_dynamic_programming; import java.util.Arrays; public class edit_distance { /* Edit distance: Brute force search */ static 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.charAt(i - 1) == t.charAt(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 Math.min(Math.min(insert, delete), replace) + 1; } /* Edit distance: Memoized search */ static int editDistanceDFSMem(String s, String t, int[][] 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.charAt(i - 1) == t.charAt(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] = Math.min(Math.min(insert, delete), replace) + 1; return mem[i][j]; } /* Edit distance: Dynamic programming */ static int editDistanceDP(String s, String t) { int n = s.length(), m = t.length(); int[][] dp = new int[n + 1][m + 1]; // 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.charAt(i - 1) == t.charAt(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] = Math.min(Math.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 */ static int editDistanceDPComp(String s, String t) { int n = s.length(), m = t.length(); int[] dp = new int[m + 1]; // 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.charAt(i - 1) == t.charAt(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] = Math.min(Math.min(dp[j - 1], dp[j]), leftup) + 1; } leftup = temp; // Update for the next round of dp[i-1, j-1] } } return dp[m]; } public static void main(String[] args) { String s = "bag"; String t = "pack"; int n = s.length(), m = t.length(); // Brute force search int res = editDistanceDFS(s, t, n, m); System.out.println("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); // Memoized search int[][] mem = new int[n + 1][m + 1]; for (int[] row : mem) Arrays.fill(row, -1); res = editDistanceDFSMem(s, t, mem, n, m); System.out.println("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); // Dynamic programming res = editDistanceDP(s, t); System.out.println("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); // Space-optimized dynamic programming res = editDistanceDPComp(s, t); System.out.println("Changing " + s + " to " + t + " requires a minimum of " + res + " edits"); } }