Complexity Results for Confluence Problems

  • Authors:
  • Markus Lohrey

  • Affiliations:
  • -

  • Venue:
  • MFCS '99 Proceedings of the 24th International Symposium on Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

We study the complexity of the confluence problem for restricted kinds of semi-Thue systems, vector replacement systems and general trace rewriting systems. We prove that confluence for length-reducing semi-Thue systems is P-complete and that this complexity reduces to NC2 in the monadic case. For length-reducing vector replacement systems we prove that the confluence problem is PSPACE-complete and that the complexity reduces to NP and P for monadic systems and special systems, respectively. Finally we prove that for special trace rewriting systems, confluence can be decided in polynomial time and that the extended word problem for special trace rewriting systems is undecidable.