Abstract. We give a general framework for approximate query processing in semistructured databases. We focus on regular path queries, which are the integral part of most of the que...
We study caterpillar tree automata [3] that are restricted to enter any subtree at most one time (or k times). We show that, somewhat surprisingly, the deterministic one-visit aut...
Alexander Okhotin, Kai Salomaa, Michael Domaratzki
The minimal deterministic finite automaton is generally used to determine regular languages equality. Using Brzozowski's notion of derivative, Antimirov and Mosses proposed a...
In the classical framework of formal languages, a refinement n is modeled by a substitution and an abstraction by an inverse substitution. These mechanisms have been widely studie...
Modern network intrusion detection systems need to perform regular expression matching at line rate in order to detect the occurrence of critical patterns in packet payloads. Whil...