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2013 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
A Multivariate Analysis of Some DFA Problems
Authors : Henning Fernau, Pinar Heggernes, Yngve Villanger
Published in: Language and Automata Theory and Applications
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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We initiate a multivariate analysis of two well-known NPhard decision problems on DFAs: the problem of finding a short synchronizing word and that of finding a DFA on few states consistent with a given sample of the intended language and its complement. For both problems, we study natural parameterizations and classify them with the tools provided by Parameterized Complexity. Somewhat surprisingly, in both cases, rather simple FPT algorithms can be shown to be optimal, mostly assuming the (Strong) Exponential Time Hypothesis.