摘要:We show that the minimization of visibly pushdown automata is NP-complete.This result is obtained by introducing immersions, that recognize multiplelanguages (over a usual, non-visible alphabet) using a common deterministictransition graph, such that each language is associated with an initial stateand a set of final states. We show that minimizing immersions is NP-complete,and reduce this problem to the minimization of visibly pushdown automata.
关键词:Computer Science ; Formal Languages and Automata Theory