Class: SmithWaterman

SmithWaterman()

Class representing the Smith-Waterman algorithm for local sequence alignment.

Constructor

new SmithWaterman()

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Methods

(static) similarity(s1, s2, match, mismatch, gap) → {number}

Calculates the similarity between two strings (s1 and s2) using the Smith-Waterman algorithm.

Parameters:
Name Type Default Description
s1 string

The first string for comparison.
s2 string

The second string for comparison.
match number 2

(optional) - The score for matching characters (default: 2).
mismatch number

(optional) - The score for mismatching characters (default: -1).
gap number

(optional) - The penalty for introducing gaps in the alignment (default: -1).
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Returns:
  • The maximum score achieved during the Smith-Waterman alignment, representing the similarity between the strings.
Type
number