Books, edited books and book chapters

Topics in Grammatical Inference Jeffrey Heinz, José M. Sempere (Eds.)
Springer. 2016. ISBN: 978-3-662-48393-0.
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Membrane Computing. Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa, José M. Sempere, Claudio Zandron (Eds.)
Revised Selected Papers of the 16th International Conference CMC2015, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Vol. 9504
Springer. 2015. ISBN: 978-3-319-28474-3.
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Grammatical Inference: Theoretical Results and Applications. José M. Sempere, Pedro García (Eds.)
Proceedings of the 10th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference (ICGI 2010), Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Vol. 6339
Springer. 2010. ISBN: 3-642-15487-5.
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Apuntes sobre la Teoría de Autómatas y Lenguajes Formales. Pedro García, Tomás Pérez, José Ruiz, Encarna Segarra, José M. Sempere, Manuel Vázquez de Parga
Servicio de Publicaciones de la Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Ref. 846. 2007. ISBN: 9788477214120.
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Complexity applications of covering rules in P systems. José M. Sempere. Recent Results in Natural Computing, pp 277-291. Mario J. Pérez-Jiménez, A. Romero-Jiménez, F. Sancho-Caparrini (Eds.)
Fénix Editora. 2005. ISBN: 84-609-6864-2.
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Formal languages arising from gene repeated duplication. P. Leupold, V. Mitrana, J. Sempere. Aspects of Molecular Computing. LNCS Vol. 2950, pp 297-308. N. Jonoska, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg (Eds.)
Springer Verlag, 2004. ISBN: 3-540-20781-3.
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Sobre algunos rasgos característicos de las gramáticas lineales y su aplicación al estudio de su identificación y su complejidad. José M. Sempere.
Editorial Universidad Politénica de Valencia. 2003. ISBN: 84-688-0628-5. 2003
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Journal Papers

Families of Languages Associated with SN P Systems: Preliminary Ideas, Open Problems. Gh. Păun, José M. Sempere. Bulletin of The International Membrane Computing Society, Number 2, pp 161-164. 2016.
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A membrane computing simulator of trans-hierarchical antibiotic resistance evolution dynamics in nested ecological compartments (ARES). Marcelino Campos, Carlos Llorens, José M. Sempere, Ricardo Futami, Irene Rodríguez, Purificación Carrasco, Rafael Capilla, Amparo Latorre, Teresa M. Coque, Andrés Moya and Fernando Baquero Biology Direct Vol. 10(41). 2015
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Solving Combinatorial Problems with Networks of Genetic Processors. Marcelino Campos, José M. Sempere International Journal "Information Technologies and Knowledge" Vol.7 No. 1, pp 65-71. 2013
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Networks of Bio-inspired Processors. Fernando Arroyo Montoro, Juan Castellanos, Victor Mitrana, Eugenio Santos, José M. Sempere Triangle Vol. 7, pp 3-22. 2012.
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Accepting Networks of Genetic Processors are computationally complete. Marcelino Campos, José M. Sempere Theoretical Computer Science Vol. 456, pp 18-29. 2012.
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GyDB mobilomics: LTR retroelements and integrase-related transposons of the pea aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum genome. Guillermo P. Bernet, Alfonso Muñoz Pomer, Laura Domínguez-Escribá, Laura Covelli, Lucía Bernad, Sukanya Ramasamy, Ricardo Futami, Jose M. Sempere, Andrés Moya and Carlos Llorens Mobile Genetic Elements 1:2, 97-102; July/August 2011.
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The Spanish Network on Biomolecular and Biocellular Computing: Bio-inspired Natural Computing in Spain. Mario de J. Pérez-Jiménez, Alfonso Ortega de la Puente, José M. Sempere. ERCIM News No. 85, pp 25, 2011
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Complexity-preserving simulations among three variants of accepting networks of evolutionary processors. Paolo Bottoni, Anna Labella, Florin Manea, Victor Mitrana, Ion Petre, Jose M. Sempere. Natural Computing, Vol. 10, No. 1, pp 429-445, 2011
doi: 10.1007/s11047-010-9238-5
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Filter Position in Networks of Substitution Processors does not matter. F.Arroyo, J. Castellanos, V. Mitrana, E. Santos, J.M. Sempere. International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, Vol. 22, No. 1, pp 155-165, 2011
doi: 10.1142/S0129054111007915
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The Gypsy Database (GyDB) of mobile genetic elements: release 2.0. Carlos Llorens, Ricardo Futami, Laura Covelli, Laura Dominguez-Escriba, Jose M. Viu, Daniel Tamarit, Jose Aguilar-Rodriguez, Miguel Vicente-Ripolles, Gonzalo Fuster, Guillermo P. Bernet, Florian Maumus, Alfonso Muñoz-Pomer, José M. Sempere, Amparo Latorre, Andres Moya. Nucleic Acids Research Vol. 39, Database issue, D70-D74, 2011
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq1061
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Inference of reversible tree languages. D. López, José M. Sempere, P. García. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics - Part B: Cybernetics Vol. 34, No. 4, pp 1658-1665. 2004
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A Representation Theorem for Languages accepted by Watson-Crick Finite Automata. José M. Sempere. Bulletin of the EATCS 83 pp. 187-191. 2004
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A note on the equivalence and complexity of linear grammars. José M. Sempere. Grammars Vol. 6, Issue 2. pp 115-126. 2003
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Networks of evolutionary processors. Juan Castellanos, Carlos Martín-Vide, Victor Mitrana, José M. Sempere. Acta Informatica 39, 517-529. 2003
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On some characteristic features of linear grammars and their aplication to the study of their identification and complexity ( PhD Thesis Abstract). José M. Sempere. Bulletin of the EATCS 79 pp 285-287. 2003
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Error correcting analysis for tree languages. Damián López, José M. Sempere, Pedro García. International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Vol. 14, No. 3, pp 357-368. 2000
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On a class of regular-like expressions for linear languages. José M. Sempere. Journal of Automata, Languages and Combinatorics Vol. 5, No. 3, pp 343-354. 2000
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A McCulloch-Pitts neural net to characterize even linear languages. José M. Sempere, Damián López. Information Processing Letters (56):201-208, 1995
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Conference Proceedings

Families of Languages Encoded by SN P Systems. José M. Sempere. In Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC 2017) (Bradford, UK). Marian Gheorghe, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa, Claudio Zandron (eds.), LNCS Vol.10725, pp 262-269, Springer. 2018
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Networks of Genetic Processors: From Universality to a Formal Language Characterization (Invited Lecture). José M. Sempere. In 15th International Conference on Automata and Formal Languages (AFL 2017) (Debrecen, HU). Electronic Proceedings in Theoretical Computer Science, EPTCS (E. Csuhaj-Varjú, P. Dömösi, Gy. Vaszil, eds.) Vol. 252, pp 7-8. 2017
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Families of Languages Encoded by SN P Systems. José M. Sempere. In 18th International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC18) (Bradford, UK). Proceedings of the Conference CMC18 (Marian Gheorghe, Savas Konur and Raluca Lefticaru, Eds.), pp 325-332. 2017
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A View of P Systems from Information Theory. José M. Sempere. In Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC 2016) (Milano, Italy). Alberto Leporati, Grzegorz Rozenberg, Arto Salomaa, Claudio Zandron (eds.), LNCS Vol.10105, pp 352-362, Springer. 2017
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A characterization of symport/antiport P systems through Information Theory. José M. Sempere. In 17th International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC17) (Milano, Italy). Proceedings of the Conference CMC17 (Alberto Leporati and Claudio Zandron, Eds.), pp 303-306. 2016
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Using Formal Language Theory to characterize biosequences. José M. Sempere. In XIII Symposium on Bioinformatics (JBI 2016) (Valencia, Spain) Abstract Booklet pp 34. 2016.
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Solving Combinatorial Problems with Networks of Genetic Processors. Marcelino Campos, José M. Sempere. In Third International Conference Natural Information Technologies (NIT 2012) (Madrid, Spain). Juan Castellanos, Luis Fernando de Mingo López, Krassimir Markov (eds.), ITHEA International Scientific Society, Proceedings NIT 2012, pp 7-13. 2012.
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Simulating Accepting Networks of Evolutionary Processors with Filtered Connections by Accepting Evolutionary P Systems. Juan Castellanos, Victor Mitrana, Eugenio Santos, José M. Sempere. In 4th International Work-Conference on the Interplay between Natural and Artificial Computation (IWINAC 2011) (La Palma, Canary Island, Spain). J.M. Ferrández J.R. Álvarez Sánchez, Félix de la Paz, F. Javier Toledo (eds.), LNCS Vol.6686, pp 295-302, Springer-Verlag. 2011
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String-object Transduction with Dogmatic P Systems. José M. Sempere. In 11th International Conference on Membrane Computing (CMC 11) (Jena, Germany). Marian Gheorghe, Thomas Hinze, Gheorghe Paun (eds.), pp 463-466, Verlag ProBusiness Berlin. 2010
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Dogmatic P Systems. José M. Sempere. In 8th Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing (BWMC 8) (Sevilla, Spain). M.A. Martínez del Amor, Gh. Paun, I. Pérez Hurtado, A. Riscos Núñez (eds), pp 291-300, Fénix Editora. 2010
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Accepting Evolutionary P Systems. V. Mitrana, José M. Sempere. In 10th Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC 10) (Curtea de Arges, Romania). Gh. Paun, M.J. Pérez, A. Riscos (Eds.), pp 552-555. Universidad de Sevilla, 2009.
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Networks of Evolutionary Picture Processors with Filtered Connections. P. Bottoni, A. Labella, F. Manea, V. Mitrana, José M. Sempere. In 8th International Conference on Unconventional Computing (UC 9) (Ponta Delgada, Azores Portugal). C.S. Calude, J.F.G.d. Costa, N. Dershowitz, E. Freire, G. Rozenberg (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 5715, pp 70-84. Springer, 2009.
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Filter Position in Networks of Evolutionary Processors Does Not Matter: A Direct Proof. P. Bottoni, A. Labella, F. Manea, V. Mitrana, José M. Sempere. In 15th International Meeting on DNA Computing and Molecular Programming (DNA 15) (Fayetteville, Arkansas USA). R. Deaton, A. Suyama (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 5877, pp 1-11. Springer, 2009.
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Some Remarks on Superposition Based on Watson-Crick-like Complementarity. F. Manea, V. Mitrana, José M. Sempere. In 13th International Conference on Developments in Language Theory, DLT 2009 (Stuttgart, Germany). V. Diekert, D. Nowotka (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 5583, pp 372-383. Springer, 2008.
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Learning Context-Sensitive Languages from Linear Structural Information. José M. Sempere. In 9th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference, ICGI 2008 (Saint-Malo, France). A. Clark, F. Coste, L. Miclet (Eds.), LNAI Vol. 5278, pp 175-186. Springer, 2008.
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Translating Multiset Tree Automata into P systems. José M. Sempere. In 9th Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC 9) (Edinburgh, Scotland). D. W. Corne, P. Frisco, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 5391, pp 394-402. Springer, 2008.
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Computing by Carving with P Systems. A First Approach. José M. Sempere. In 6th Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing (BWMC 6) (Sevilla, Spain). D. Díaz-Pernil, C. Graciani, M.A. Gutiérrez Naranjo, Gh. Paun, I. Pérez Hurtado, A. Riscos Núñez (Eds.), pp 255-260. Fénix Editora, 2008.
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Sticker Expressions. José M. Sempere. In 14th International Meeting on DNA Computing (DNA 14) (Prague, Czech Republic). A. Goel, F.C. Simmel, P. Sosik (Eds.), pp 200-201. 2008.
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Implementing Evolutionary Processors in JAVA: A case study. M. Campos, J. González, T.A. Pérez, José M. Sempere. In 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2008) (Beppu, Japan). M. Sugisaka, H. Tanaka (Eds.), pp 510-515. ISAROB, 2008.
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Exploring regular reversibility in Watson-Crick finite automata. José M. Sempere. In 13th International Symposium on Artificial Life and Robotics (AROB 2008) (Beppu, Japan). M. Sugisaka, H. Tanaka (Eds.), pp 505-509. ISAROB, 2008.
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On Local Testability in Watson-Crick Finite Automata. José M. Sempere. In International Workshop on Automata for Cellular and Molecular Computing (ACMC07) (Budapest, Hungary). Gy. Vaszil (Ed.), pp 120-128. MTA SZTAKI. 2007.
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Characterizing Membrane Structures through Multiset Tree Automata. José M. Sempere, D. López. In 8th International Workshop on Membrane Computing (WMC 2007) (Thessaloniki, Greece). G. Eleftherakis, P. Kefalas, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 4860, pp 428-437. Springer, 2007.
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On Two Families of Multiset Tree Automata. José M. Sempere, D. López. In Fifth Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing, BWMC 2007 (Sevilla, Spain). M.A. Gutiérrez-Naranjo, Gh. Paun, A. Romero-Jiménez, A. Riscos-Núñez (Eds), pp 315-324. Fénix Editora. 2007.
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Protein Motif Prediction by Grammatical Inference. P. Peris, D. López, M. Campos, José M. Sempere. In 8th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference, ICGI 2006 (Tokyo, Japan). Y. Sakakibara, S. Kobayashi, K. Sato, T. Nishino, E. Tomita (Eds.), LNAI Vol. 4201, pp. 175-187. Springer, 2006.
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Learning Reversible Languages with Terminal Distinguishability. José M. Sempere. In 8th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference, ICGI 2006 (Tokyo, Japan). Y. Sakakibara, S. Kobayashi, K. Sato, T. Nishino, E. Tomita (Eds.), LNAI Vol. 4201, pp. 354-355. Springer, 2006.
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Identifying P Rules from Membrane Structures with an Error-Correcting Approach. José M. Sempere, D. López. In 7th International Workshop on Membrane Computing, WMC 2006 (Leiden, The Netherlands). H.J. Hoogeboom, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 4361, pp 507-520. Springer, 2006.
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Implementing Watson-Crick Finite Automata in Java. M. Campos T.A. Pérez, José M. Sempere. In IADIS International Conference on Applied Computing (San Sebastian, Spain). N. Guimarães, P. Isaías, A. Goikoetxea (Eds.), pp. 334-344. IADIS, 2006.
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Editing Distances between Membrane Structures. Damián López, José M. Sempere. In 6th International Workshop on Membrane Computing, WMC 2005 (Vienna, Austria). R. Freund, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa (Eds.), LNCS Vol. 3850, pp 326-341. Springer. 2006.
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Motif discovery by k-TSS grammatical inference. D. López, A. Cano, M. Vázquez de Parga, B. Calles, José M. Sempere, T. Pérez, M. Campos, J. Ruiz, P. García. In IJCAI-05 Workshop on Grammatical Inference Applications: Successes and Future Challenges (Edinburgh, Scotland). C. de la Higuera, T. Oates, G. Paliouras, M. Van Zaanen (Eds.), Working Notes, pp. 51-55. 2005.
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Recognizing membrane structures with tree automata. José M. Sempere, Damián López. In 3rd Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing, BWMC 2005 (Sevilla, Spain). M.A. Gutiérrez-Naranjo, A. Riscos-Núñez, F.J. Romero-Campero, D. Sburlan (Eds.), pp. 305-316. Fénix Editora, 2005.
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Detection of functional motifs in biosequences: A grammatical inference approach. D. López, A. Cano, M. Vázquez de Parga, B. Calles, José M. Sempere, T. Pérez, J. Ruiz, P. García. In 5th Annual Spanish Bioinformatics Conference (Barcelona, Spain). X. Messeguer, G. Valiente (Eds), pp. 72-75. Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña, 2004.
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Learning Distinguishable Linear Grammars from Positive Data. J.A. Laxminarayana, José M. Sempere, G. Nagaraja. In 7th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference, ICGI 2004 (Athens, Greece). G. Paliouras, Y. Sakakibara (Eds.), LNAI Vol. 3264, pp. 279-280. Springer, 2004.
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Un Sistema de Cifrado Simétrico y Algunas Consideraciones sobre la Seguridad Computacional. José M. Sempere. In Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información, RECSI VIII. (Leganés, España). B. Ramos, A. Ribagorda (Eds.), pp 131-137, Ed. Díaz de Santos. 2004.
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Covering Reductions and Degrees in P Systems. José M. Sempere. In 5th Workshop Membrane Computing, WMC5 (Milano, Italy). G. Mauri, Gh. Paun, C. Zandron (Eds.), pp. 384-391. Universitá di Milano-Bicocca 2004.
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Covering Rules in P Systems: Some Preliminary Ideas. José M. Sempere. In 2nd Brainstorming Week on Membrane Computing, BWMC 2004 (Sevilla, Spain). Gh. Paun, A. Riscos-Núñez, A. Romero-Jiménez F. Sancho-Caparrini (Eds.), pp 449-456 TR 1/2004 Department of Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence. University of Seville, 2004.
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P systems with external input and learning strategies. José M. Sempere. In 4th Workshop on Membrane Computing, WMC 2003 (Tarragona, Spain). C. Martín-Vide, G. Mauri, Gh. Paun, G. Rozenberg, A. Salomaa (Eds.) LNCS Vol. 2933, pp. 341-356. Springer, 2004.
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Learning decision trees and tree automata for a syntactic pattern recognition task. José M. Sempere, Damián López. In 1st Iberian Conference on Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis, IbPRIA 2003 (Mallorca, Spain). F. Perales, A. Campilho, N. Pérez de la Blanca, A. Sanfeliu (Eds.) LNCS Vol. 2652, pp. 943-950. Springer-Verlag, 2003.
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Learning Locally Testable Even Linear Languages from Positive Data. José M. Sempere, Pedro García. In 6th International Colloquium on Grammatical Inference, ICGI 2002 (Amsterdam, The Nederlands). P. Adriaans, H. Fernau, M. van Zaanen (Eds.) LNAI Vol. 2484, pp. 225-236. Springer-Verlag, 2002.
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Un sistema de identificación basado en un problema indecidible. José M. Sempere. In VII Reunión Española sobre Criptología y Seguridad de la Información, VII RECSI (Oviedo, España). S. González, C. Martínez (Eds) Tomo II, pp 793-803. Universidad de Oviedo, 2002.
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Solving NP-Complete Problems with Networks of Evolutionary Processors. Juan Castellanos, Carlos Martín-Vide, Victor Mitrana, José M. Sempere. In 6th International Work-conference on Artificial and Natural Neural Networks, IWANN 2001 (Granada,Spain). J. Mira, A. Prieto (Eds.) LNCS Vol. 2084 Part I, pp 621-628. Springer-Verlag, 2001.
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Permutations and Control Sets for Learning Non-regular Language Families. H. Fernau, José M. Sempere. In 5th International Colloquium, ICGI 2000 (Lisboa, Portugal). A. Oliveira (Ed.) LNAI Vol. 1891. pp 75-88. Springer-Verlag, 2000.
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Linear expressions. José M. Sempere. In First International Workshop on Descriptional Complexity of Automata, Grammars and Related Structures DCAGRS-99 (Magdeburg, Germany). J. Dassow, D. Wotschke (Eds.) pp 185-195. Department of Computer Science, Otto-von-Guericke University of Magdeburg Preprint Nr. 17, 1999.
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Some Learning Systems are Interactive Proof Systems. José M. Sempere. In First International Workshop Learning 98 (Getafe, Spain). 1998. I. Aedo-Cuevas, C. Bousoño-Calzón, F. Díaz-de-María, A.R. Figueiras-Vidal, C. Martín-Pascual, A. Rodríguez de las Heras (Eds.) Universidad Carlos III, 1998.
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Learning a Subclass of Linear Languages from Positive Structural Information. José M. Sempere, G. Nagaraja. In 4th International Colloquium ICGI-98 (Ames, Iowa). V. Honavar, G. Slutzki (Eds.) LNAI Vol. 1433, pp 162-174. Springer-Verlag, 1998.
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Handwritten Digit Recognition through Inferring Graph Grammars. A First Approach. Damián López, José M. Sempere. In 7th International Workshop SSPR-98 (Sydney, Australia). A. Amin, D. Dori, P. Pudil, H. Freeman (Eds.) LNCS Vol. 1451. pp 483-491. Springer-Verlag, 1998.
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Learning Linear Grammars from Structural Information. José M. Sempere, Antonio Fos. In Third International Colloquium ICGI-96 (Montpellier, France). L. Miclet, C. de la Higuera (Eds.) LNAI Vol. 1147, pp 126-133. Springer-Verlag, 1996.
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A Characterization of Even Linear Languages and its Application to the Learning Problem. José M. Sempere, Pedro García. In Second International Colloquium, ICGI-94 (Alicante, Spain). R. Carrasco, J. Oncina (Eds.) LNAI Vol. 862, pp 38-44. Springer-Verlag, 1994.
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A new regular language learning algorithm from lexicographically ordered samples. José M. Sempere, Pedro García. In First International Colloquium, ICGI-93 (Essex, England). Simon Lucas (Ed.) IEE Digest No: 1993/092, pp 6.1-6.7. IEE, 1993.
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