CS 395 Algorithmic Techniques for Bioinformatics
Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Northwestern University

Fall 2005

Problem Set #9

Due Time:

At the start of class on Tuesday, 11/29/2005.

Required Problems:

  1. (20 points) Problem 10.1.

  2. (40 points) Problem 10.2

  3. (40 points) Find a tree with 6 leaves x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, and x6 such that the pair-wise distances of these leaves are as specified by the following matrix:

 

  x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6
x1 0 10 11 14 15 14
x2   0 7 14 15 14
x3     0 15 16 17
x4       0 11 10
x5         0 3
x6           0

 

Extra Credit Problems:

  1. (40 points) Find a tree with 6 leaves x1, x2, x3, x4, x5, and x6 such that the pair-wise distances of these leaves are bounded by the following two matrices:

 

 

  x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6
x1 0 13 13 8 10 14
x2   0 6 9 20 24
x3     0 9 20 23
x4       0 15 18
x5         0 9
x6           0

 

  x1 x2 x3 x4 x5 x6
x1 0 10 9 4 8 10
x2   0 4 7 17 20
x3     0 5 16 20
x4       0 12 15
x5         0 5
x6           0