Decidable characterizations for tree logics

In this thesis we investigate the expressive power of several logics over finite trees. In particular we want to understand precisely the expressive power of first-order logic over finite trees. Because we study many logics, we proceed by comparison to a logic that subsumes them all and serves as a...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Place, Thomas
Language:ENG
Published: École normale supérieure de Cachan - ENS Cachan 2010
Subjects:
Online Access:http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00744954
http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/docs/00/74/49/54/PDF/Place2010.pdf