Abstract. Hopcroft’s algorithm for minimizing a deterministic automaton has complexity O(n log n). We show that this complexity bound is tight. More precisely, we provide a famil...
Abstract. We introduce dynamic communicating automata (DCA), an extension of communicating finite-state machines that allows for dynamic creation of processes. Their behavior can ...
If an organization depends on the service quality provided by another organization it often enters into a bilateral service level agreement (SLA), which mitigates outsourcing risk...
Parity games are 2-player games of perfect information and infinite duration that have important applications in automata theory and decision procedures (validity as well as model...
We suggest that a process-like notion of strategy is relevant in the context of interactions in systems of self-interested agents. In this view, strategies are not plans formulated...