Sequence alignment methods often use something called a 'dynamic programming' algorithm. What is dynamic programming and how does it work?

A two-dimensional dynamic programming problem is posed. By relaxing some of the restraints on the problem it is reduced to a standard dynamic programming problem. Results are quoted from a particular ...

The theory of dynamic programming treats problems involving multi-stage processes by means of a transformation of the problem from the space of decisions to the space of functions. This is ...