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A Structural Construction of a Deterministic Position Automaton

by O. V. Shanmuga Sundaram, N. Murugesan
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 67 - Number 23
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: O. V. Shanmuga Sundaram, N. Murugesan
10.5120/11534-7273

O. V. Shanmuga Sundaram, N. Murugesan . A Structural Construction of a Deterministic Position Automaton. International Journal of Computer Applications. 67, 23 ( April 2013), 13-17. DOI=10.5120/11534-7273

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author = { O. V. Shanmuga Sundaram, N. Murugesan },
title = { A Structural Construction of a Deterministic Position Automaton },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { April 2013 },
volume = { 67 },
number = { 23 },
month = { April },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 13-17 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume67/number23/11534-7273/ },
doi = { 10.5120/11534-7273 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

Every regular expression can be transformed into a Non-deterministic Finite Automaton (NFA) with or without - transitions. A well known algorithm called subset construction technique is used for conversion of NFA into DFA. In this paper, initially, the construction of the position automaton is given for the same. Also, the algorithm to convert this Position Automaton into DFA using subset construction technique is discussed.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Regular expressions Position automaton subset construction DFA NFA