Input-Driven Pushdown Automata with Limited Nondeterminism

2014 ◽  
pp. 84-102 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Okhotin ◽  
Kai Salomaa
Keyword(s):  
Pushdown Automata ◽  
Limited Nondeterminism

scholarly journals One-Time Nondeterministic Computations

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (06n07) ◽  
pp. 1069-1089
Author(s):  
Markus Holzer ◽  
Martin Kutrib
Keyword(s):  
Finite Automata ◽  
State Machines ◽  
Computational Power ◽  
Deterministic Finite Automaton ◽  
Worst Case ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Finite State ◽  
Nondeterministic State ◽  
Pushdown Automata ◽  
Limited Nondeterminism

We introduce the concept of one-time nondeterminism as a new kind of limited nondeterminism for finite state machines and pushdown automata. Roughly speaking, one-time nondeterminism means that at the outset the computation is nondeterministic, but whenever it performs a guess, this guess is fixed for the rest of the computation. We characterize the computational power of one-time nondeterministic finite automata (OTNFAs) and one-time nondeterministic pushdown devices. Moreover, we study the descriptional complexity of these machines. For instance, we show that for an [Formula: see text]-state OTNFA with a sole nondeterministic state, that is nondeterministic for only one input symbol, [Formula: see text] states are sufficient and necessary in the worst case for an equivalent deterministic finite automaton. In case of pushdown automata, the conversion of a nondeterministic to a one-time nondeterministic as well as the conversion of a one-time nondeterministic to a deterministic one turn out to be non-recursive, that is, the trade-offs in size cannot be bounded by any recursive function.

scholarly journals Higher-order Recursion Schemes and Collapsible Pushdown Automata: Logical Properties

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-37
Author(s):  
Christopher H. Broadbent ◽  
Arnaud Carayol ◽  
C.-H. Luke Ong ◽  
Olivier Serre
Keyword(s):  
Model Checking ◽  
Free Variable ◽  
Higher Order ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Effective Solution ◽  
Parity Games ◽  
Transition Graphs ◽  
Second Order Logic ◽  
Pushdown Automata ◽  
Monadic Second Order Logic

This article studies the logical properties of a very general class of infinite ranked trees, namely, those generated by higher-order recursion schemes. We consider, for both monadic second-order logic and modal -calculus, three main problems: model-checking, logical reflection (a.k.a. global model-checking, that asks for a finite description of the set of elements for which a formula holds), and selection (that asks, if exists, for some finite description of a set of elements for which an MSO formula with a second-order free variable holds). For each of these problems, we provide an effective solution. This is obtained, thanks to a known connection between higher-order recursion schemes and collapsible pushdown automata and on previous work regarding parity games played on transition graphs of collapsible pushdown automata.

scholarly journals From Security Protocols to Pushdown Automata

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-45 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rémy Chrétien ◽  
Véronique Cortier ◽  
Stéphanie Delaune
Keyword(s):  
Security Protocols ◽  
Pushdown Automata

scholarly journals Reachability relations of timed pushdown automata

2021 ◽  
Vol 117 ◽  
pp. 202-241
Author(s):  
Lorenzo Clemente ◽  
Sławomir Lasota
Keyword(s):  
Pushdown Automata

Pushdown Automata

2019 ◽  
pp. 161-182
Author(s):  
Ganesh Lalitha Gopalakrishnan
Keyword(s):  
Pushdown Automata

scholarly journals Subtree matching by pushdown automata

2010 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 331-357 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomás Flouri ◽  
Jan Janousek ◽  
Bořivoj Melichar
Keyword(s):  
Programming Languages ◽  
Theorem Proving ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Finite Automata ◽  
Term Rewriting ◽  
Mechanical Theorem Proving ◽  
Pushdown Automaton ◽  
String Pattern ◽  
Pushdown Automata ◽  
Mechanical Theorem

Subtree matching is an important problem in Computer Science on which a number of tasks, such as mechanical theorem proving, term-rewriting, symbolic computation and nonprocedural programming languages are based on. A systematic approach to the construction of subtree pattern matchers by deterministic pushdown automata, which read subject trees in prefix and postfix notation, is presented. The method is analogous to the construction of string pattern matchers: for a given pattern, a nondeterministic pushdown automaton is created and is then determinised. In addition, it is shown that the size of the resulting deterministic pushdown automata directly corresponds to the size of the existing string pattern matchers based on finite automata.

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