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Complexity of Operations on Cofinite Languages

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We study the worst case complexity of regular operations on cofinite languages (i.e., languages whose complement is finite) and provide algorithms to compute efficiently the resulting minimal automata.

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  1. LIPN UMR 7030, Université Paris 13 - CNRS, 93430, Villetaneuse, France

    Frédérique Bassino

  2. Dipartimento di Matematica e Applicazioni, Università di Palermo, Italy

    Laura Giambruno

  3. IGM, UMR CNRS 8049, Université Paris-Est, 77454, Marne-la-Vallée, France

    Cyril Nicaud

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  1. Frédérique Bassino
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  1. Faculty of Mathematics, Department of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

    Alejandro López-Ortiz

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Bassino, F., Giambruno, L., Nicaud, C. (2010). Complexity of Operations on Cofinite Languages. In: López-Ortiz, A. (eds) LATIN 2010: Theoretical Informatics. LATIN 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6034. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12200-2_21

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