We study the descriptional cost of converting constant height nondeterministic pushdown automata into equivalent deterministic devices. We show a double-exponential upper bound for this conversion, together with a super-exponential lower bound.

Removing nondeterminism in constant height pushdown automata / Z. Bednarova, V. Geffert, C. Mereghetti, B. Palano (LECTURE NOTES IN COMPUTER SCIENCE). - In: Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems / [a cura di] M. Kutrib, N. Moreira, R. Reis. - Berlin : Springer, 2012. - ISBN 9783642316227. - pp. 76-88 (( Intervento presentato al 14. convegno International Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems (DCFS) tenutosi a Braga nel 2012 [10.1007/978-3-642-31623-4_6].

Removing nondeterminism in constant height pushdown automata

C. Mereghetti
Penultimo
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B. Palano
Ultimo
2012

Abstract

We study the descriptional cost of converting constant height nondeterministic pushdown automata into equivalent deterministic devices. We show a double-exponential upper bound for this conversion, together with a super-exponential lower bound.
descriptional complexity; deterministic; finite state automata; nondeterministic pushdown automata; regular languages
Settore INF/01 - Informatica
2012
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