[BiO BB] More Smith-Waterman internals. Gaps extensions this time.

Theodore H. Smith delete at elfdata.com
Sun Feb 19 16:54:53 EST 2006


Hi people,

Is there anyone out there with enough knowledge of the arcane field  
of Smith-Waterman matrixes to answer this?

OK, so Smith-Waterman is best done using a gap penalty that can has a  
start cost, and an extension cost.

I want to implement a Smith-Waterman algorithm.

Must I maintain a "gap or not" matrix alongside the cell score matrix?

I'd rather not if it were possible and not wasting CPU time. Because  
maintaining and processing two matrixes, effectively makes my  
algorithm run at 2x as slow as it would otherwise!

If there is a nice simple trick to avoid needing two matrixes, that  
would be great. If not, well at least I know.

The answer could really be something obvious like "well I can't see  
any way to avoid needing two matrixes, it looks pretty much like  
you'll have to use two" :)

Maybe someone better than me with this stuff has a good answer.

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