Title
Language equations, maximality and error-detection
Abstract
We use some 'natural' language operations, such as shuffle (scattered insertion) and scattered deletion to model noisy channels, that is, nondeterministic processes transforming words to words. In this spirit, we also introduce the operation of scattered substitution and derive the closure properties of the language families in the Chomsky hierarchy under this operation. Moreover, we consider a certain type of language inequations involving language operations and observe that, by varying the parameters of such an inequation, we can define families of codes such as prefix and infix, as well as families of error-detecting languages. Our results on this type of inequations include a characterization of the maximal solutions, which provides a uniform method for deciding whether a given regular code of the type defined by the inequation is maximal.
Year
DOI
Venue
2005
10.1016/j.jcss.2004.08.005
J. Comput. Syst. Sci.
Keywords
Field
DocType
language operation,scattered insertion,language operations,error detection,error-detecting language,language equation,scattered deletion,language family,maximal solution,closure property,language inequations,chomsky hierarchy,maximal codes,certain type,scattered substitution,closure properties,natural language
Discrete mathematics,Context-sensitive language,Combinatorics,Nondeterministic algorithm,Inequation,Chomsky hierarchy,Communication channel,Prefix,Infix,Error detection and correction,Mathematics
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
70
1
Journal of Computer and System Sciences
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.91
5
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Lila Kari11123124.45
Stavros Konstantinidis228331.10