Experimental evaluation of algorithms for computing quasiperiods

Quasiperiodicity is a generalization of periodicity that was introduced in the early 1990s. Since then, dozens of algorithms for computing various types of quasiperiodicity were proposed. Our work is a step towards answering the general question: “Which algorithm for computing quasiperiods to choose?”. The central notions of quasiperiodicity are covers and seeds. We implement algorithms for computing covers and seeds in the original and in new simplified versions and compare their efficiency on various types of data. We also discuss other known types of quasiperiodicity, distinguish partial covers as currently the most promising for large real-world data, and check their effectiveness using real-world data.