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CORR
2010
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Simulation vs. Equivalence

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Simulation vs. Equivalence
For several semirings S, two weighted finite automata with multiplicities in S are equivalent if and only if they can be connected by a chain of simulations. Such a semiring S is called "proper". It is known that the Boolean semiring, the semiring of natural numbers, the ring of integers, all finite commutative positively ordered semirings and all fields are proper. The semiring S is Noetherian if every subsemimodule of a finitely generated S-semimodule is finitely generated. First, it is shown that all Noetherian semirings and thus all commutative rings and all finite semirings are proper. Second, the tropical semiring is shown not to be proper. So far there has not been any example of a semiring that is not proper.
Zoltán Ésik, Andreas Maletti
Added 09 Dec 2010
Updated 09 Dec 2010
Type Journal
Year 2010
Where CORR
Authors Zoltán Ésik, Andreas Maletti
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