TY - GEN
T1 - Transforming two-way alternating finite automata to one-way nondeterministic automata
AU - Geffert, Viliam
AU - Okhotin, Alexander
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - It is proved that a two-way alternating finite automaton (2AFA) with n states can be transformed to an equivalent one-way nondeterministic finite automaton (1NFA) with f(n)=2Θ(n logn) states, and that this number of states is necessary in the worst case already for the transformation of a two-way automaton with universal nondeterminism (2Π1FA) to a 1NFA. At the same time, an n-state 2AFA is transformed to a 1NFA with (2 n -1)2+1 states recognizing the complement of the original language, and this number of states is again necessary in the worst case. The difference between these two trade-offs is used to show that complementing a 2AFA requires at least Ω(n logn) states.
AB - It is proved that a two-way alternating finite automaton (2AFA) with n states can be transformed to an equivalent one-way nondeterministic finite automaton (1NFA) with f(n)=2Θ(n logn) states, and that this number of states is necessary in the worst case already for the transformation of a two-way automaton with universal nondeterminism (2Π1FA) to a 1NFA. At the same time, an n-state 2AFA is transformed to a 1NFA with (2 n -1)2+1 states recognizing the complement of the original language, and this number of states is again necessary in the worst case. The difference between these two trade-offs is used to show that complementing a 2AFA requires at least Ω(n logn) states.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-662-44522-8_25
DO - 10.1007/978-3-662-44522-8_25
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84958528853
SN - 9783662445211
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 291
EP - 302
BT - Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 2014 - 39th International Symposium, MFCS 2014, Proceedings
PB - Springer Nature
T2 - 39th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science, MFCS 2014
Y2 - 25 August 2014 through 29 August 2014
ER -