(algorithm)
Definition: A multiple string matching algorithm that constructs a finite state machine from a pattern (list of keywords), then uses the machine to locate all occurrences of the keywords in a body of text.
Generalization (I am a kind of ...)
string matching.
See also Commentz-Walter works from the back, like Boyer-Moore.
Note: Construction of the machine takes time proportional to the sum of the lengths of the keywords. The machine is used to process the text string in a single pass. The number of transitions made by the machine is independent of the number of keywords.
Author: VO
Alfred V. Aho and Margaret J. Corasick, Efficient string matching: an aid to bibliographic search, CACM, 18(6):333-340, June 1975.
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Entry modified 21 September 2006.
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Cite this as:
Vadim Okun, "Aho-Corasick", in
Dictionary of Algorithms and Data
Structures [online], Paul E. Black, ed.,
U.S. National Institute of
Standards and Technology. 21 September 2006. (accessed TODAY)
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