ISSN:
1433-0490
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Computer Science
Notes:
Summary The following three results concerning tree automata are presented in this paper. (1) Rounds has presented the following open problem: For every recognizable setR, can we construct a deterministic finite-state transformation recognizingR? We show that this is not possible, in fact, even for a local set. However, the following is true: For every recognizable setR there is an inverse projectionR′ effectively obtained such thatR′ is recognized by a deterministic finite-state transformation. (2) Martin and Vere in their study of tree automata leave open the question of whether Generalized Syntax Directed Transductions (GSDT's) are closed under Arden's transformation or Greibach's transformation, and conjecture that they are not. We prove that this conjecture is true. It is also shown that GSDT's are not closed under transformation to LR(k) grammars. (3) Peters and Ritchie have shown that if, in a grammar where the generative rules are context-free, there are “recognition” rules which are context-sensitive, the language recognized is still context-free. A tree-automata-oriented proof is given by Rounds. We show that a similar result holds also for right linear grammars, i.e., if the generative rules are right linear, then using context-sensitive rules for “recognition”, one can still recognize only regular languages. Some other related results concerning context-sensitive extensions of subclasses of context-free languages are also presented.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01740725
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