Implementation and Application of Automata - 5th International Conference, CIAA 2000, London, Ontario, Canada, July 24-25, 2000, Revised Papers (Paperback, 2001 ed.)

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata, CIAA 2000, held in London, Ontario, Canada, in July 2000.The 26 revised full papers presented together with two invited papers and seven abstracts have passed through two rounds of selection and revision. The topics addressed from theoretical as well as application-oriented viewpoints range from automata applications in software engineering, natural language and speech recognition, and image processing to new representations and algorithms for efficient implementation of automata and related structures.