Termination of linear rewriting systems

Nachum Dershowitz*

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Abstract

Limitations, such as right-linearity, on the form of rules in a term-rewriting system are shown to restrict the class of derivations that must be considered when determining whether or not the system terminates for all inputs. These restricted derivations, termed "chains", are obtained by attempting to apply rules to the final terms of derivations that issue from the left-hand side of rules. Similar limitations are shown to guarantee that combining two terminating systems yields a terminating system.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAutomata, Languages and Programming - 8th Colloquium
EditorsShimon Even, Oded Kariv
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages448-458
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783540108436
DOIs
StatePublished - 1981
Externally publishedYes
Event8th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, ICALP 1981 - Acre, Israel
Duration: 13 Jul 198117 Jul 1981

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume115 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference8th International Colloquium on Automata, Languages and Programming, ICALP 1981
Country/TerritoryIsrael
CityAcre
Period13/07/8117/07/81

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Science FoundationMCS 79-04897

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