DNA statistics, overlapping word paradox and Conway equation
Conference
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OSTI ID:37523
- Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (United States). Dept. of Mathematics
Overlapping word paradox known in combinatorics for 20 years is to this day disregarded in many papers on DNA statistics. The author considers Conway equation for the best bet for simpletons as an example of the overlapping word paradox. He gives a new short proof of Conway equation and discusses the implications of the overlapping word paradox for DNA statistics. In particular, he demonstrates that ignoring overlapping word paradox in DNA statistics can easily lead to 500% mistakes in estimations of statistical significance. He also presents formulas allowing one to find `anomalous` words in DNA texts.
- OSTI ID:
- 37523
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9206273--; ISBN 981-02-1157-0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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