/// <summary>
/// Overloaded method for 16-bits Integer Distances
/// </summary>
public static short GetMinDistance(string source, string destination, EditDistanceCostsMap <short> distances)
{
// Validate parameters and TCost.
if (source == null || destination == null || distances == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Some of the parameters are null.");
}
var longDistance = new EditDistanceCostsMap <long>(Convert.ToInt64(distances.InsertionCost),
Convert.ToInt64(distances.DeletionCost), Convert.ToInt64(distances.InsertionCost));
return(Convert.ToInt16(GetMinDistance(source, destination, longDistance)));
}
/// <summary>
/// Computes the Minimum Edit Distance between two strings.
/// </summary>
public static Int64 GetMinDistance(string source, string destination, EditDistanceCostsMap <Int64> distances)
{
// Validate parameters and TCost.
if (source == null || destination == null || distances == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Some of the parameters are null.");
}
else if (source == destination)
{
return(0);
}
// Dynamic Programming 3D Table
long[,] dynamicTable = new long[source.Length + 1, destination.Length + 1];
// Initialize table
for (int i = 0; i <= source.Length; ++i)
{
dynamicTable[i, 0] = i;
}
for (int i = 0; i <= destination.Length; ++i)
{
dynamicTable[0, i] = i;
}
// Compute min edit distance cost
for (int i = 1; i <= source.Length; ++i)
{
for (int j = 1; j <= destination.Length; ++j)
{
if (source[i - 1] == destination[j - 1])
{
dynamicTable[i, j] = dynamicTable[i - 1, j - 1];
}
else
{
long insert = dynamicTable[i, j - 1] + distances.InsertionCost;
long delete = dynamicTable[i - 1, j] + distances.DeletionCost;
long substitute = dynamicTable[i - 1, j - 1] + distances.SubstitutionCost;
dynamicTable[i, j] = Math.Min(insert, Math.Min(delete, substitute));
}
}
}
// Get min edit distance cost
return(dynamicTable[source.Length, destination.Length]);
}
/// <summary>
/// Overloaded method for 32-bits Integer Distances
/// </summary>
public static Int32 GetMinDistance(string source, string destination, EditDistanceCostsMap <Int32> distances)
{
// Validate parameters and TCost.
if (source == null || destination == null || distances == null)
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("Some of the parameters are null.");
}
else
{
var longDistance = new EditDistanceCostsMap <long>(
insertionCost: Convert.ToInt64(distances.InsertionCost),
deletionCost: Convert.ToInt64(distances.DeletionCost),
substitutionCost: Convert.ToInt64(distances.InsertionCost));
return(Convert.ToInt32(EditDistance.GetMinDistance(source, destination, longDistance)));
}
}