Title
Computing maximum number of runs in strings
Abstract
A run (also called maximal repetition) in a word is a non-extendable repetition. Finding the maximum number ρ(n) of runs in a string of length n is a challenging problem. Although it is known that ρ(n)≤1.029n for any n and there exists large n such that ρ(n)≥0.945n, the exact value of ρ(n) is still unknown. Several algorithms have been proposed to count runs in a string efficiently, and ρ(n) can be obtained for small n by these algorithms. In this paper, we focus on computing ρ(n) for given length parameter n, instead of exhaustively counting all runs for every string of length n. We report exact values of ρ(n) for binary strings for n≤66, together with the strings which contain ρ(n) runs.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1007/978-3-642-34109-0_33
SPIRE
Keywords
Field
DocType
length parameter n,non-extendable repetition,maximal repetition,length n,small n,challenging problem,computing maximum number,maximum number,binary string,exact value
Discrete mathematics,Combinatorics,Existential quantification,Binary strings,Mathematics
Conference
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7608
0302-9743
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
14
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kazuhiko Kusano1243.51
Kazuyuki Narisawa2336.82
Ayumi Shinohara393688.28