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Efficient Separability of Regular Languages by Subsequences and Suffixes

Formal Languages and Automata Theory 2013-03-06 v1

Abstract

When can two regular word languages K and L be separated by a simple language? We investigate this question and consider separation by piecewise- and suffix-testable languages and variants thereof. We give characterizations of when two languages can be separated and present an overview of when these problems can be decided in polynomial time if K and L are given by nondeterministic automata.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1303.0966,
  title  = {Efficient Separability of Regular Languages by Subsequences and Suffixes},
  author = {Wojciech Czerwiński and Wim Martens and Tomáš Masopust},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1303.0966},
  year   = {2013}
}
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