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Reshaping the Context-Free Model: Linguistic and Algorithmic Aspects

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Language and Automata Theory and Applications (LATA 2018)

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The CF formal grammar model was twin-born and raised, 1956–1963 [Caa, CS, BGS, BPS].

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  1. Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel

    Eli Shamir

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  2. Rovira i Virgili University, Tarragona, Spain

    Carlos Martín-Vide

  3. Ariel University, Ariel, Israel

    Dana Shapira

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Shamir, E. (2018). Reshaping the Context-Free Model: Linguistic and Algorithmic Aspects. In: Klein, S., Martín-Vide, C., Shapira, D. (eds) Language and Automata Theory and Applications. LATA 2018. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10792. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-77313-1_4

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