Sequence alignment methods often use something called a 'dynamic programming' algorithm. What is dynamic programming and how does it work?

The author introduces some basic dynamic programming techniques, using examples, with the help of the computer algebra system Maple. The emphasis is on building confidence and intuition for the ...

A two-dimensional dynamic programming problem is posed. By relaxing some of the restraints on the problem it is reduced to a standard dynamic programming problem. Results are quoted from a particular ...