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Equivalence of data flow schemas

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The notion of logic-term equivalence of data flow schemas is introduced and its decidability is proved for some subclasses of schemas. A comparison with sequential schemas and two-tape automata is carried out.

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Translated from Kibernetika, No. 3 pp. 1–10, May–June, 1989.

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Borisenko, V.I. Equivalence of data flow schemas. Cybern Syst Anal 25, 289–299 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01069982

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