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Completion of finite codes with finite deciphering delay

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Automata, Languages and Programming (ICALP 1989)

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We show how to embed any finite code with finite deciphering delay in a rational maximal code with the same deciphering delay. This answers a question in [1].

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Giorgio Ausiello Mariangiola Dezani-Ciancaglini Simonetta Ronchi Della Rocca

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Bruyere, V. (1989). Completion of finite codes with finite deciphering delay. In: Ausiello, G., Dezani-Ciancaglini, M., Della Rocca, S.R. (eds) Automata, Languages and Programming. ICALP 1989. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 372. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0035758

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