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Graph Structure and Monadic Second-Order Logic
Bruno CourcelleJoost Engelfriet
其他書名
A Language-Theoretic Approach
出版Cambridge University Press, 2012-06-14
主題Mathematics / Discrete MathematicsMathematics / Graphic MethodsMathematics / Logic
ISBN05218983319780521898331
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=vmk1jmlRhYMC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋The study of graph structure has advanced in recent years with great strides: finite graphs can be described algebraically, enabling them to be constructed out of more basic elements. Separately the properties of graphs can be studied in a logical language called monadic second-order logic. In this book, these two features of graph structure are brought together for the first time in a presentation that unifies and synthesizes research over the last 25 years. The author not only provides a thorough description of the theory, but also details its applications, on the one hand to the construction of graph algorithms, and, on the other to the extension of formal language theory to finite graphs. Consequently the book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers in graph theory, finite model theory, formal language theory, and complexity theory.