Remarks on separating words
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Author(s) • • •
Demaine, Erik D.
Eisenstat, Sarah Charmian
Shallit, Jeffrey
Wilson, David A.
Date Issued
July 2011
Journal
Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems
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Springer Berlin/Heidelberg
Citation
Demaine, Erik D. et al. “Remarks on Separating Words.” Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems. Ed. Markus Holzer, Martin Kutrib, & Giovanni Pighizzini. LNCS Vol. 6808. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2011. 147-157.
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Abstract
The separating words problem asks for the size of the smallest DFA needed to distinguish between two words of length ≤ n (by accepting one and rejecting the other). In this paper we survey what is known and unknown about the problem, consider some variations, and prove several new results.
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Proceedings of the 13th International Workshop, DCFS 2011, Gießen/Limburg, Germany, July 25-27, 2011.
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
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https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-22600-7_12