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   pete wrote:   
   > Market Theory wrote:   
   > >   
   > > A variant of the General Poster's problem.   
   > >   
   > > Discover patterns of consecutive symbols in a stream. The patterns are   
   > > not known in advance, so this is a statistical anomaly detection   
   > > problem. The stream consists of mostly random symbols over a known   
   > > finite alphabet. The expected frequencies/probabilities of the random   
   > > symbols may be known in advance, or inferred from the stream. The   
   > > minimum and maximum length of patterns of interest are specified as   
   > > parameters.   
   > >   
   > > eg   
   > >   
   > > wnckbvmnunixwjgemblsmznhauiwriewpklgnkwnbwnbwknqjowjunixjowrgnblsmknashwiw   
   > >   
   > > has the pattern "unix"   
   >   
   > ... and also "blsm"   
      
   Well spotted! but what was your algorithm?   
      
   cheers,   
   --mt.   
      
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