Evaluating GLR parsing algorithms

Science of Computer Programming

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 228-244

  Johnstone, Adrian ^a   Scott, Elizabeth ^a   Economopoulos, Giorgios ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context free languages; GLR parsing; Grammar types; LR tables

Indexed keywords

COBOL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); CONTEXT FREE GRAMMARS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; ONLINE SEARCHING; PASCAL (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); SEMANTICS; VARIATIONAL TECHNIQUES;

GLR PARSING; GRAMMAR TOOL BOX (GTB); GRAMMAR TYPES; LR TABLES;

CONTEXT FREE LANGUAGES;

EID: 33747107082     PISSN: 01676423     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scico.2006.04.004     Document Type: Article

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