@techreport{TR-IC-11-12, number = {IC-11-12}, author = {Christian Baudet and Zanoni Dias}, title = {{Partial Enumeration of Traces of Solutions for the Problem of Sorting by Signed Reversals}}, month = {May}, year = {2011}, institution = {Institute of Computing, University of Campinas}, note = {In English, 20 pages. \par\selectlanguage{english}\textbf{Abstract} Traditional algorithms to solve the problem of sorting by signed reversals output just one optional solution while the space of optimal solutions can be huge. Algorithms for enumerating the complete set of traces of solutions were developed with the objective of supporting the biologists in their studies of alternative evolutionary scenarios. Due to the exponential complexity of the algorithms, their practical use is limited to small permutations. In this work, we propose and evaluate three different approaches for producing a partial enumeration of the complete set of traces of a permutation. } }