An alternative (tree-based) semantics for a class of regular expressions is proposed that assigns a central rôle to the + operator and thus to nondeterminism and nondeterministic choice. For the new semantics a consistent and complete axiomatization is obtained from the original axiomatization of regular expressions by Salomaa and by Kozen by dropping the idempotence law for + and the distribution law of • over +.
A finite axiomatization of nondeterministic regular expressions / F., Corradini; R., DE NICOLA; Labella, Anna. - In: RAIRO. INFORMATIQUE THEORIQUE ET APPLICATIONS. - ISSN 0988-3754. - STAMPA. - 33:(1999), pp. 447-465. [10.1051/ita:1999127]
A finite axiomatization of nondeterministic regular expressions
LABELLA, Anna
1999
Abstract
An alternative (tree-based) semantics for a class of regular expressions is proposed that assigns a central rôle to the + operator and thus to nondeterminism and nondeterministic choice. For the new semantics a consistent and complete axiomatization is obtained from the original axiomatization of regular expressions by Salomaa and by Kozen by dropping the idempotence law for + and the distribution law of • over +.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.