On the equivalence of linear conjunctive grammars and trellis automata

@article{Okhotin2004OnTE,
  title={On the equivalence of linear conjunctive grammars and trellis automata},
  author={Alexander Okhotin},
  journal={RAIRO Theor. Informatics Appl.},
  year={2004},
  volume={38},
  pages={69-88}
}
  • A. Okhotin
  • Published 2004
  • Computer Science
  • RAIRO Theor. Informatics Appl.
This paper establishes computational equivalence of two seemingly unrelated concepts: linear conjunctive grammars and trellis automata. Trellis automata, also studied under the name of one-way real-time cellular automata, have been known since early 1980s as a purely abstract model of parallel computers, while linear conjunctive grammars, introduced a few years ago, are linear context-free grammars extended with an explicit intersection operation. Their equivalence implies the equivalence of… 
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