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   In comp.programming 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"   
      
   Don't forget 'wnbw' !   
      
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