Prefix-free regular languages and pattern matching

Yo Sub Han; Yajun Wang; Derick Wood

doi:10.1016/j.tcs.2007.10.017

Prefix-free regular languages and pattern matching

Yo Sub Han, Yajun Wang, Derick Wood

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Abstract

We explore the regular-expression matching problem with respect to prefix-freeness of the pattern. We prove that a prefix-free regular expression gives only a linear number of matching substrings in the size of a given text. Based on this observation, we propose an efficient algorithm for the prefix-free regular-expression matching problem. Furthermore, we suggest an algorithm to determine whether or not a given regular language is prefix-free.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	307-317
Number of pages	11
Journal	Theoretical Computer Science
Volume	389
Issue number	1-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tcs.2007.10.017
Publication status	Published - 2007 Dec 10

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We wish to thank the referee for the careful reading of the paper and the many valuable suggestions. Han was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Competitive Earmarked Research Grant HKUST6197/01E and the KIST Tangible Space Initiative Grant. Wang was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Competitive Earmarked Research Grant HKUST6206/02E. Wood was supported by the Research Grants Council of Hong Kong Competitive Earmarked Research Grant HKUST6197/01E.

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