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Algebraic Dynamic Programming for Multiple Context-Free Grammars

Maik Riechert, Christian Höner zu Siederdissen, Peter F. Stadler

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Abstract


We present theoretical foundations, and a practical implementation, that makes the method of Algebraic Dynamic Programming available for Multiple Context-Free Grammars. This allows to formulate optimization problems, where the search space can be described by such grammars, in a concise manner and solutions may be obtained efficiently. This improves on the previous state of the art which required complex code based on hand-written dynamic programming recursions. We apply our method to the RNA pseudoknotted secondary structure prediction problem from computational biology. Appendix and supporting files available at: http://www.bioinf.uni-leipzig.de/Software/gADP/

Keywords


Multiple Context-Free Grammars, Dynamic Programming, Algebraic Dynamic Programming, RNA Secondary Structure Prediction, Pseudoknots