• DocumentCode
    2722302
  • Title

    On read-once vs. multiple access to randomness in logspace

  • Author

    Nisan, Noam

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
  • fYear
    1990
  • fDate
    8-11 July 1990
  • Firstpage
    179
  • Lastpage
    184
  • Abstract
    In the correct definition of randomized space-bounded computation, the machine has access to a random coin. The coin can be flipped at will, but outcomes of previous coin flips cannot be recalled unless they are saved in the machine´s limited memory. In contrast to this read-once mechanism of accessing the random source, one may consider Turing machines which have access to a random tape. Here, the random bits may be multiply accessed by the machine. The author demonstrates a very concrete sense in which multiple access to the random bits is better than read-once access to them: Every language accepted with bounded two-sided error by a read-once-randomized logspace machine can be accepted with zero error by a randomized logspace machine having multiple access to the random bits
  • Keywords
    Turing machines; stochastic automata; Turing machines; logspace; multiple access; random coin; random tape; randomized space-bounded computation; randomness; read-once-randomized logspace machine; zero error; Computer errors; Computer science; Concrete; Error correction; Power line communications; Turing machines;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Structure in Complexity Theory Conference, 1990, Proceedings., Fifth Annual
  • Conference_Location
    Barcelona
  • Print_ISBN
    0-8186-6072-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/SCT.1990.113966
  • Filename
    113966