Limited Nondeterminism of Input-Driven Pushdown Automata: Decidability and Complexity

Yo Sub Han, Sang Ki Ko, Kai Salomaa

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Abstract

We study the decidability and computational complexity for several decision problems related to limited nondeterminism of finite-state automata equipped with a pushdown stack. Ambiguity and tree width are two measures of nondeterminism considered in the literature. As a main result, we prove that the problem of deciding whether or not the tree width of a nondeterministic pushdown automaton is finite is decidable in polynomial time. We also prove that the k-tree width problem for nondeterministic input-driven pushdown automata (respectively, nondeterministic finite automata) is complete for exponential time (respectively, for polynomial space).

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDescriptional Complexity of Formal Systems - 21st IFIP WG 1.02 International Conference, DCFS 2019, Proceedings
EditorsMichal Hospodár, Galina Jirásková, Stavros Konstantinidis
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages158-170
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783030232467
DOIs
StatePublished - 2019
Event21st International Conference on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, DCFS 2019 - Košice, Slovakia
Duration: 17 Jul 201919 Jul 2019

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume11612 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference21st International Conference on Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, DCFS 2019
Country/TerritorySlovakia
CityKošice
Period17/07/1919/07/19

Keywords

  • Ambiguity
  • Input-driven pushdown automata
  • Nondeterminism
  • Tree width

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