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77 views

What role does an asterisk serve in Backus–Naur Normal Form?

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How do you convert a string representing a finite set of strings into a regulair expression without using lots of vertical bars?

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1 answer
271 views

What algorithm will visit each node in a graph a number of times equal to the number of paths to that node from the root?

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What is an example of some production rules which would allow parentheses, curly braces, and square-brackets to be interchangeable?

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How can we escape the pipe character in Backus–Naur Normal Form?

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If we want to map abbreviations of full-English words (e.g. map "Jan" to "January"), how can we identify abbreviations which map to multiple words?

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How do you minimize the number of nodes in the tree associated with a regulair expression?

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What algorithm will convert a regex into a tree of predictable size?

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1 answer
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What algorithm accepts a set of strings as input and outputs a regex of minimal size?

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1 answer
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What name is used in the literature for an interpreter or compiler which compiles and executes all function calls which have constant literal inputs?

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57 views

What algorithm will determine if two strings match eachother or not?

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What is terminlogy missing from this list of words and phrases pertaining to string-matching and string-alignment?

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How can we disallow alternating back-and-forth which character is matched to the gap character?

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78 views

How might we hash two trees?

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Is there a cannonical name for a tree in which none of the nodes have a value attribute except for the root node?

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What is the minimum number of bytes required to store the sum of two primitive integers?