We propose a local-search based algorithm to design DNA sequence sets that satisfy several combinatorial constraints about
hamming-distance criteria. To deal with the constraints in the local search, we adopt elaborate (and dynamic) neighborhood
search frameworks called the Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) and the Variable Depth Search (VDS). Although our algorithm can deal with many types of hamming distance-based constraints and is easy to extend (e.g.,
also applicable for other constraints), in computational experiments, we succeeded in generating better sequence sets than
the ones generated by exiting methods of more specified constraints.
Keywords DNA Sequence Design - Local Search - Combinatorial Constraints - Variable Neighborhood Search - Variable Depth Search
This research partly received financial support from Scientific research fund of Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science
and Technology.