Techniques for Designing Bioinformatics Algorithms

This chapter deals with design techniques for algorithms, a fundamental topic for computational sciences, including bioinformatics. Owing to space limits, we can not hope to provide an in-depth discussion and thorough treatment of each of the design techniques that shall be presented. Rather, we aim at providing a modern introduction that, without sacrificing formal rigour when needed, emphasizes the pro and cons of each design technique, putting it in context.