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Title: Parallel Earley's parser and its application to syntactic image analysis

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OSTI ID:5209642

A complete Earley parser which includes recognition and parse extraction has been implemented on a triangular array of processors. The detailed analysis of the complete parser is given. The recognition algorithm is executed in parallel by adopting a new operator, x/sup */, and restricting the input context-free grammar to be lamda-free. The parse extraction algorithm which follows recognition uses a nonrecursive subroutine to generate the correct right-parse in parallel. A special busing arrangement within this array enables the right data to reach the right place at the right time. Simulation examples are provided. The results show that when a string of length >n> is under testing, at the system time 2>n> + 1, the correct right-parse will be obtained if the string is accepted. 15 references.

OSTI ID:
5209642
Resource Relation:
Conference: Sponsored by IEEE, Pasadena, CA, USA, 12 Oct 1983
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English