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In this paper, we revisit the much studied problem of Pattern matching with Swaps (Swap Matching problem, for short). We first present a new graph-theoretic approach to model the problem, which opens a new and so far unexplored avenue to solve the problem. Then, using the model, we devise an efficient algorithm to solve the swap matching problem. The resulting algorithm is an adaptation of the classic shift-or algorithm. For patterns having length similar to the word-size of the target machine, the algorithm runs in O(nlogm) time, where n and m are the length of the text and the pattern respectively.
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Iliopoulos, C.S., Rahman, M.S. (2008). A New Model to Solve the Swap Matching Problem and Efficient Algorithms for Short Patterns. In: Geffert, V., Karhumäki, J., Bertoni, A., Preneel, B., Návrat, P., Bieliková, M. (eds) SOFSEM 2008: Theory and Practice of Computer Science. SOFSEM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4910. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77566-9_27
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