Finite state languages

A Mathematical Theory of Communication

Claude E. Shannon · Bell System Technical Journal · 1948 · 80.7K citations

Engineering, Communication, Electrical Engineering +11

Three models for the description of language

Noam Chomsky · IEEE Transactions on Information Theory · 1956 · 2.8K citations

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On an application of semi groups methods to some problems in coding

M. P. Schützenberger · IRE Transactions on Information Theory · 1956 · 87 citations

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