Dustin Boston

The suffix array algorithm constructs a sorted array of all suffixes of a given string, enabling efficient substring searches, pattern matching, and text analysis. It uses sorting and optional auxiliary structures like the LCP array for additional optimizations.

A Ternary Search Trie (TST) is a data structure used to store and retrieve strings efficiently, combining features of binary search trees and tries. It organizes data in a tree where each node contains three children (low, equal, high) corresponding to characters less than, equal to, or greater than the node’s character, enabling balanced search operations while conserving memory compared to standard tries.