• Title of article

    Deterministic frequency pushdown automata

  • Author/Authors

    Calude, Cristian S. University of Auckland - Department of Computer Science, New Zealand , Freivalds, Rusins University of Latvia - Institute of Mathematics and Computer Science, Latvia , Jain, Sanjay National University of Singapore - School of Computing, Singapore , Stephan, Frank National University of Singapore - School of Computing - Department of Mathematics, Singapore

  • From page
    1563
  • To page
    1576
  • Abstract
    A set L is (m,n)-computable iff there is a mechanism which on input of n different words produces n conjectures whether these words are in L,respectively,such that at least m of these conjectures are right. Prior studies dealt with (m,n)- computable sets in the contexts of recursion theory,complexity theory and the theory of finite automata. The present work aims to do this with respect to computations by deterministic pushdown automata (using one common stack while processing all input words in parallel). We prove the existence of a deterministic context-free language L which is recognised by an (1,1)-DPDA but fails to be recognised by any (m,n)-DPDA,where n ≥ 2 and m ≥ n/2+1. This answers a question posed by Eli Shamir at LATA 2013. Furthermore,it is shown that there is a language L such that,for all m,n with m ≤ n/2,L can be recognised by an (m,n)-DPDA but,for all m,n with 1 ≤ m ≤ n,L cannot be recognised by (m,n)-DFA.
  • Keywords
    Context , free sets , Deterministic pushdown automata , Frequency computation , Regular sets
  • Journal title
    Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
  • Journal title
    Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
  • Record number

    2715315