Minimizing Tree Automata for Unranked Trees

Minimizing Tree Automata for Unranked Trees
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最小化未排序树的树自动机

DOI:
10.1007/11601524_15
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发表时间:
2005
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通讯作者:
Joachim Niehren
Joachim Niehren
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作者:
W. Martens;Joachim Niehren

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未排序树的自动机构成了XML模式、查询和模式语言的基础。我们研究了有效最小化这类自动机的问题。我们从数据库理论中标准的未排序树自动机(UTAs)开始,假设自下而上的决定论和水平递归由确定性有限自动机表示。我们证明了该类中的最小uta不是唯一的,最小化是非常困难的。然后,我们研究了更多允许多项式时间最小化的最新自动机类。其中,我们表明自下而上的确定性逐步树自动机产生最简洁的表示。
Automata for unranked trees form a foundation for XML schemas, querying and pattern languages. We study the problem of efficiently minimizing such automata. We start with the unranked tree automata (UTAs) that are standard in database theory, assuming bottom-up determinism and that horizontal recursion is represented by deterministic finite automata. We show that minimal UTAs in that class are not unique and that minimization isnp-hard. We then study more recent automata classes that do allow for polynomial time minimization. Among those, we show that bottom-up deterministic stepwise tree automata yield the most succinct representations.