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Commentz-Walter algorithm

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The Commentz-Walter algorithm is a string searching algorithm invented by Beate Commentz-Walter. Like the Aho–Corasick string matching algorithm, it can search for multiple patterns at once. It combines ideas from Aho-Corasick with the fast matching of the Boyer–Moore string search algorithm

http://www.hs-albsig.de/studium/wirtschaftsinformatik/Documents/commentzwalterextab.pdf