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We study the problem of regular separability of languages of vector addition systems with states (VASS). It asks whether for two given VASS languages K and L, there exists a regular language R that includes K and is disjoint from L. While…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Wojciech Czerwiński , Georg Zetzsche

The regular separability problem asks, for two given languages, if there exists a regular language including one of them but disjoint from the other. Our main result is decidability, and PSpace-completeness, of the regular separability…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Wojciech Czerwiński , Sławomir Lasota

The omega-regular separability problem for B\"uchi VASS coverability languages has recently been shown to be decidable, but with an EXPSPACE lower and a non-primitive recursive upper bound -- the exact complexity remained open. We close…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Pascal Baumann , Eren Keskin , Roland Meyer , Georg Zetzsche

The problem of \emph{regular separability} asks, given two languages $K$ and $L$, whether there exists a regular language $S$ with $K\subseteq S$ and $S\cap L=\emptyset$. This problem has recently been studied for various classes of…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2019-08-13 Ramanathan S. Thinniyam , Georg Zetzsche

Separation is a classical problem asking whether, given two sets belonging to some class, it is possible to separate them by a set from a smaller class. We discuss the separation problem for regular languages. We give a Ptime algorithm to…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2013-04-26 Thomas Place , Lorijn van Rooijen , Marc Zeitoun

We show that the regular separability problem of VASS reachability languages is decidable and $\mathbf{F}_{\omega}$-complete. At the heart of our decision procedure are doubly-marked graph transition sequences, a new proof object that…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-08-12 Eren Keskin , Roland Meyer

Separation is a classical problem in mathematics and computer science. It asks whether, given two sets belonging to some class, it is possible to separate them by another set of a smaller class. We present and discuss the separation problem…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2013-03-12 Lorijn van Rooijen , Marc Zeitoun

The separability problem for word languages of a class $\mathcal{C}$ by languages of a class $\mathcal{S}$ asks, for two given languages $I$ and $E$ from $\mathcal{C}$, whether there exists a language $S$ from $\mathcal{S}$ that includes…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-22 Wojciech Czerwiński , Wim Martens , Lorijn van Rooijen , Marc Zeitoun , Georg Zetzsche

We address the separability problem for straight-line string constraints. The separability problem for languages of a class C by a class S asks: given two languages A and B in C, does there exist a language I in S separating A and B (i.e.,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-21 Parosh Aziz Abdulla , Mohamed Faouzi Atig , Vrunda Dave , Shankara Narayanan Krishna

Piecewise testable languages form the first level of the Straubing-Th\'erien hierarchy. The membership problem for this level is decidable and testing if the language of a DFA is piecewise testable is NL-complete. The question has not yet…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-20 Tomáš Masopust

We study the languages recognized by well-structured transition systems (WSTS) with upward and downward compatibility. Our first result shows that every pair of disjoint WSTS languages is regularly separable: there is a regular language…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2024-06-03 Wojciech Czerwiński , Eren Keskin , Sławomir Lasota , Roland Meyer , Sebastian Muskalla , K Narayan Kumar , Prakash Saivasan

We prove that all standard subregular language classes are linearly separable when represented by their deciding predicates. This establishes finite observability and guarantees learnability with simple linear models. Synthetic experiments…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2026-03-16 Katsuhiko Hayashi , Hidetaka Kamigaito

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…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2013-03-06 Wojciech Czerwiński , Wim Martens , Tomáš Masopust

In this paper we show that {\omega}B- and {\omega}S-regular languages satisfy the following separation-type theorem If L1,L2 are disjoint languages of {\omega}-words both recognised by {\omega}B- (resp. {\omega}S)-automata then there exists…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Michał Skrzypczak

We investigate a subclass of languages recognized by vector addition systems, namely languages of nondeterministic Parikh automata. While the regularity problem (is the language of a given automaton regular?) is undecidable for this model,…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-20 Lorenzo Clemente , Wojciech Czerwiński , Sławomir Lasota , Charles Paperman

This short note exhibits an example of a Sigma^1_1-complete language that can be recognised by a one blind counter B\"uchi automaton (or equivalently a B\"uchi VASS with only one place).

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-10 Michał Skrzypczak

Altenbernd, Thomas and W\"ohrle have considered in [ATW02] acceptance of languages of infinite two-dimensional words (infinite pictures) by finite tiling systems, with the usual acceptance conditions, such as the B\"uchi and Muller ones,…

Logic · Mathematics 2011-08-03 Olivier Finkel

Altenbernd, Thomas and W\"ohrle have considered acceptance of languages of infinite two-dimensional words (infinite pictures) by finite tiling systems, with usual acceptance conditions, such as the B\"uchi and Muller ones [1]. It was proved…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2009-08-04 Olivier Finkel

We investigate the complexity of the separation problem associated to classes of regular languages. For a class C, C-separation takes two regular languages as input and asks whether there exists a third language in C which includes the…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Thomas Place , Marc Zeitoun

In this work, we extend undecidability of language equivalence for two-dimensional Vector Addition System with States (VASS) accepting by coverability condition. We show that the problem is undecidable even when one of the two-dimensional…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-27 Wojciech Czerwiński , Łukasz Orlikowski
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