Unambiguous finite automata over a unary alphabet (Q418147)

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    Unambiguous finite automata over a unary alphabet
    scientific article; zbMATH DE number 6038297

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      Unambiguous finite automata over a unary alphabet (English)
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      24 May 2012
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      The trade-off in the number of states is determined for the conversion of special non-deterministic finite automata (NFA) to deterministic ones (DFA) accepting the same language. The special NFA considered here are unambiguous finite automata over a single letter alphabet. The number of states needed for a DFA for such a special NFA is smaller than for an arbitrary NFA.
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      finite automata
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      unary languages
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      ambiguity
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      state complexity
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      trade-offs in number of states
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      Landau's function
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