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The name "Wagner-Fischer" is new to me. I usually cite this as Levenshtein [1965]. Even the Wagner-Fischer wp page notes that Levenshtein was first by a long sh
by jongraehl 11y ago
The name "Wagner-Fischer" is new to me. I usually cite this as Levenshtein [1965]. Even the Wagner-Fischer wp page notes that Levenshtein was first by a long shot. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner%E2%80%93Fischer_algorithm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner%E2%80%93Fischer_algorit...
- markbnj 11y agoYeah this struck me as well. I've always heard it described as Levenshtein edit distance.