Construction of a Deterministic ω-Automaton Using Derivatives

Roman R. Redziejowski

RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications (2010)

  • Volume: 33, Issue: 2, page 133-158
  • ISSN: 0988-3754

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A deterministic automaton recognizing a given ω-regular language is constructed from an ω-regular expression with the help of derivatives. The construction is related to Safra's algorithm, in about the same way as the classical derivative method is related to the subset construction.

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Redziejowski, Roman R.. "Construction of a Deterministic ω-Automaton Using Derivatives." RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications 33.2 (2010): 133-158. <http://eudml.org/doc/222031>.

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