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Finite dP Automata versus Multi-head Finite Automata

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Membrane Computing (CMC 2011)

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We describe a connection between dP automata (distributed P automata) and non-deterministic multi-head finite automata. We introduce the concepts of agreement languages of dP automata, and the notion of a two-way dP automaton. We demonstrate how the languages of non-deterministic one-way and two-way multi-head finite automata can be obtained as the agreement languages of one-way and two-way finite dP automata.

Research supported in part by the Hungarian Scientific Research Fund, “OTKA”, project K75952.

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  1. Computer and Automation Research Institute, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Kende u. 13-17, H-1111, Budapest, Hungary

    Erzsébet Csuhaj-Varjú & György Vaszil

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  1. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Sheffield, Regent Court, Portobello Street, S1 4DP, Sheffield, UK

    Marian Gheorghe

  2. Institute of Mathematics of the Romanian Academy, P.O. Box 1-764, 014700, Bucharest, Romania

    Gheorghe Păun

  3. Leiden Center of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS), Leiden University, Niels Bohrweg 1, 2333, Leiden, CA, The Netherlands

    Grzegorz Rozenberg

  4. Turku Centre for Computer Science (TUCS), Leminkaisenkatu 14, 20520, Turku, Finland

    Arto Salomaa

  5. Faculté des Sciences et Technologie, Laboratoire d’Algorithmique, Complexité et Logique (LACL), Université Paris Est – Créteil Val de Marne, 61, av. Général de Gaulle, 94010, Créteil, France

    Sergey Verlan

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Csuhaj-Varjú, E., Vaszil, G. (2012). Finite dP Automata versus Multi-head Finite Automata. In: Gheorghe, M., Păun, G., Rozenberg, G., Salomaa, A., Verlan, S. (eds) Membrane Computing. CMC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7184. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-28024-5_10

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