SYNTACTIC SIMPLIFICATION,

Abstract

The problem of syntactic complexity is investigated under the assumption that the complexity function is recursive (or at least partial recursive); this is surely the weakest restriction under which results of any significance may be expected. Various restrictions are imposed, also, upon the minimization procedures considered; these restrictions are at first quite strong and are then gradually weakened. The results are, for the most part, negative; it is proved that the possibilities of effective ''simplification'', in the above sense, are limited in the extreme. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0419732

Entities

People

  • A. Kasher
  • D. Louvish

Organizations

  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem

Tags

Readers

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Economics
  • Operations Research