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Efficient generation of random sentences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 1996

MARK-JAN NEDERHOF
Affiliation:
University of Groningen, Faculty of Arts, P.O. Box 716, 9700 AS Groningen, The Netherlands

Abstract

We discuss the random generation of strings using the grammatical formalism AGFL. This formalism consists of context-free grammars extended with a parameter mechanism, where the parameters range over a finite domain. Our approach consists in static analysis of the combinations of parameter values with which derivations can be constructed. After this analysis, generation of sentences can be performed without backtracking.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 1996 Cambridge University Press

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