Computing Inverse ST in Linear Complexity

Ge Nong*, Sen Zhang, Wai Hong Chan

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The Sort Transform (ST) can significantly speed up the block sorting phase of the Burrows-Wheeler transform (BWT) by sorting only limited order contexts. However, the best result obtained so far for the inverse ST has a time complexity O(Nlogk) and a space complexity O(N), where N and k are the text size and the context order of the transform, respectively. In this paper, we present a novel algorithm that can compute the inverse ST in an O(N) time/space complexity, a linear result independent of k. The main idea behind the design of the linear algorithm is a set of cycle properties of k-order contexts we explored for this work. These newly discovered cycle properties allow us to quickly compute the longest common prefix (LCP) between any pair of adjacent k-order contexts that may belong to two different cycles, leading to the proposed linear inverse ST algorithm.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationCombinatorial Pattern Matching
Subtitle of host publication19th Annual Symposium, CPM 2008 Pisa, Italy, June 18-20, 2008, Proceedings
EditorsPaolo Ferragina, Gad M. Landau
PublisherSpringer Berlin
Pages178-190
Number of pages13
Edition1st
ISBN (Electronic)9783540690689
ISBN (Print)3540690662, 9783540690665
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 3 Jun 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event19th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching, CPM 2008 - Pisa, Italy
Duration: 18 Jun 200820 Jun 2008
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-540-69068-9 (Conference proceedings)

Publication series

NameTheoretical Computer Science and General Issues
PublisherSpringer
Volume5029
ISSN (Print)2512-2010
ISSN (Electronic)2512-2029

Conference

Conference19th Annual Symposium on Combinatorial Pattern Matching, CPM 2008
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityPisa
Period18/06/0820/06/08
Internet address

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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