(classic problem)
Definition: The problem of finding a maximum length (or maximum weight) subsequence of two or more strings.
Also known as heaviest common subsequence.
See also Ratcliff/Obershelp pattern recognition, longest common substring, shortest common supersequence.
Note: The longest common substring is contiguous, while the longest common subsequence need not be.
From Algorithms and Theory of Computation Handbook, page 13-17, Copyright © 1999 by CRC Press LLC. Appearing in the Dictionary of Computer Science, Engineering and Technology, Copyright © 2000 CRC Press LLC.
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