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In this paper, we study the word problem for automaton semigroups and automaton groups from a complexity point of view. As an intermediate concept between automaton semigroups and automaton groups, we introduce automaton-inverse semigroups,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-29 Daniele D'Angeli , Emanuele Rodaro , Jan Philipp Wächter

We investigate the orbits of automaton semigroups and groups to obtain algorithmic and structural results, both for general automata but also for some special subclasses. First, we show that a more general version of the finiteness problem…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-21 Daniele D'Angeli , Dominik Francoeur , Emanuele Rodaro , Jan Philipp Wächter

A multiple knapsack constraint over a set of items is defined by a set of bins of arbitrary capacities, and a weight for each of the items. An assignment for the constraint is an allocation of subsets of items to the bins which adheres to…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2021-06-29 Yaron Fairstein , Ariel Kulik , Hadas Shachnai

Recently knapsack problems have been generalized from the integers to arbitrary finitely generated groups. The knapsack problem for a finitely generated group $G$ is the following decision problem: given a tuple $(g, g_1, \ldots, g_k)$ of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-10 Markus Lohrey

The classic knapsack and related problems have natural generalizations to arbitrary (non-commutative) groups, collectively called knapsack-type problems in groups. We study the effect of free and direct products on their time complexity. We…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2015-08-11 Elizaveta Frenkel , Andrey Nikolaev , Alexander Ushakov

The "0-1 knapsack problem" stands as a classical combinatorial optimization conundrum, necessitating the selection of a subset of items from a given set. Each item possesses inherent values and weights, and the primary objective is to…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-02-20 Mohammad Saleh Vahdatpour

We investigate the decidability of the emptiness problem for three classes of distributed automata. These devices operate on finite directed graphs, acting as networks of identical finite-state machines that communicate in an infinite…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-08 Antti Kuusisto , Fabian Reiter

In this paper, we study algorithmic problems for automaton semigroups and automaton groups related to freeness and finiteness. In the course of this study, we also exhibit some connections between the algebraic structure of automaton…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-04-10 Daniele D'Angeli , Emanuele Rodaro , Jan Philipp Wächter

We generalize the classical definition of effectively closed subshift to finitely generated groups. We study classical stability properties of this class and then extend this notion by allowing the usage of an oracle to the word problem of…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-04-26 Nathalie Aubrun , Sebastián Barbieri , Mathieu Sablik

We consider a variant of the knapsack problem, where items are available with different possible weights. Using a separate budget for these item improvements, the question is: Which items should be improved to which degree such that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-07-29 Marc Goerigk , Yogish Sabharwal , Anita Schöbel , Sandeep Sen

We define a new strict and computable hierarchy for the family of automaton semigroups, which reflects the various asymptotic behaviors of the state-activity growth. This hierarchy extends that given by Sidki for automaton groups, and also…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-15 Laurent Bartholdi , Thibault Godin , Ines Klimann , Matthieu Picantin

The determinisation problem for min-plus (tropical) weighted automata was recently shown to be decidable. However, the proof is purely existential, relying on several non-constructive arguments. Our contribution in this work is twofold:…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-06 Shaull Almagor , Guy Arbel , Sarai Sheinvald

A finitary automaton group is a group generated by an invertible, deterministic finite-state letter-to-letter transducer whose only cycles are self-loops at an identity state. We show that, for this presentation of finite groups, the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-03-13 Maximilian Kotowsky , Jan Philipp Wächter

Generalizing the idea of self-similar groups defined by Mealy automata, we itroduce the notion of a self-similar automaton and a self-similar group over a changing alphabet. We show that every finitely generated residually-finite group is…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2016-07-27 Adam Woryna

History-deterministic automata are those in which nondeterministic choices can be correctly resolved stepwise: there is a strategy to select a continuation of a run given the next input letter so that if the overall input word admits some…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Soumyajit Paul , David Purser , Sven Schewe , Qiyi Tang , Patrick Totzke , Di-De Yen

We study a constrained version of the knapsack problem in which dependencies between items are given by the adjacencies of a graph. In the 1-neighbour knapsack problem, an item can be selected only if at least one of its neighbours is also…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2011-09-28 Glencora Borradaile , Brent Heeringa , Gordon Wilfong

We show that the group of bounded automatic automorphisms of a rooted tree is amenable, which implies amenability of numerous classes of groups generated by finite automata. The proof is based on reducing the problem to showing amenability…

Group Theory · Mathematics 2019-12-19 Laurent Bartholdi , Vadim A. Kaimanovich , Volodymyr V. Nekrashevych

This is Chapter 24 in the "AutoMathA" handbook. Finite automata have been used effectively in recent years to define infinite groups. The two main lines of research have as their most representative objects the class of automatic groups…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2015-03-17 Laurent Bartholdi , Pedro V. Silva

Group formation itself a perplexing process. Over the decade of time education and others disciple has improved imminently but optimal group formation in educational system is still struggling. Our research focus on to create optimal group…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-05-18 Mahbub Hasan , Al-Emran

A variant of the classical knapsack problem is considered in which each item is associated with an integer weight and a qualitative level. We define a dominance relation over the feasible subsets of the given item set and show that this…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-13 Luca E. Schäfer , Tobias Dietz , Maria Barbati , José Rui Figueira , Salvatore Greco , Stefan Ruzika