Positive Characteristic Sets for Relational Pattern Languages

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Main Authors: Mousawi, S. Mahmoud, Zilles, Sandra
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author Mousawi, S. Mahmoud
Zilles, Sandra
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Zilles, Sandra
contents In the context of learning formal languages, data about an unknown target language L is given in terms of a set of (word,label) pairs, where a binary label indicates whether or not the given word belongs to L. A (polynomial-size) characteristic set for L, with respect to a reference class L of languages, is a set of such pairs that satisfies certain conditions allowing a learning algorithm to (efficiently) identify L within L. In this paper, we introduce the notion of positive characteristic set, referring to characteristic sets of only positive examples. These are of importance in the context of learning from positive examples only. We study this notion for classes of relational pattern languages, which are of relevance to various applications in string processing.
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spellingShingle Positive Characteristic Sets for Relational Pattern Languages
Mousawi, S. Mahmoud
Zilles, Sandra
Formal Languages and Automata Theory
In the context of learning formal languages, data about an unknown target language L is given in terms of a set of (word,label) pairs, where a binary label indicates whether or not the given word belongs to L. A (polynomial-size) characteristic set for L, with respect to a reference class L of languages, is a set of such pairs that satisfies certain conditions allowing a learning algorithm to (efficiently) identify L within L. In this paper, we introduce the notion of positive characteristic set, referring to characteristic sets of only positive examples. These are of importance in the context of learning from positive examples only. We study this notion for classes of relational pattern languages, which are of relevance to various applications in string processing.
title Positive Characteristic Sets for Relational Pattern Languages
topic Formal Languages and Automata Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.12039