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
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