Simplification process of static Watson-Crick context-free grammars

Wan Heng Fong, Aqilahfarhana Abdul Rahman, Nor Haniza Sarmin, Sherzod Turaev

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Abstract

In formal language theory, a grammar is a set of production rules that describes the possible strings in a given language. Context-free grammars, the most applicable type of the grammars, may contain production rules that do not generate any string of the language or affect the string generation processes using several unnecessary steps. Thus, the elimination of such undesirable productions is important for the optimization of the string generation processes. The "cleaning"of context-free grammars is done through the simplification process consisting of a useful substitution rule, removal of useless productions, removal of λ - productions, and removal of unit-productions. This paper presents the simplification of static Watson-Crick context-free grammars; the grammatical counterparts of sticker systems that generate double-stranded strings using context-free rules, several transformations, and substitutions. The simplification process of static Watson-Crick context-free grammars is similar to the simplification process of arbitrary context-free grammars and Watson-Crick context-free grammars. This research shows that for every static Watson-Crick context-free language, there exists an equivalent static Watson-Crick context-free grammar without useless productions, λ - productions, and unit-productions.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAIP Conference Proceedings
EditorsZainab Yahya, Amin Nor Arita Amin, Najah Ghazali, Wan Zuki Aman Wan Muhamad, Nor Ashikin Abu Bakar, Wan Mohd Khairy Adly Wan Zaimi, Wan Suhana Wan Daud, Nurhidayah Omar, Sarinah Banu Mohamed Siddik, Fatinnabila Kamal, Yusmye Nur Abu Yusuf, Biliana Bidin
PublisherAmerican Institute of Physics
Edition1
ISBN (Electronic)9780735450141
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 19 2024
Event30th National Symposium on Mathematical Sciences, SKSM 2023 - Kedah, Malaysia
Duration: Sept 26 2023Sept 27 2023

Publication series

NameAIP Conference Proceedings
Number1
Volume3189
ISSN (Print)0094-243X
ISSN (Electronic)1551-7616

Conference

Conference30th National Symposium on Mathematical Sciences, SKSM 2023
Country/TerritoryMalaysia
CityKedah
Period9/26/239/27/23

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Physics and Astronomy

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