Automata Theory Questions
The Earley parser is a parsing algorithm used in automata theory to analyze and recognize strings in a given context-free grammar. It is particularly useful for parsing ambiguous grammars and can efficiently handle a wide range of languages. The role of the Earley parser is to build parse trees by applying a set of rules and transitions based on the input string and the grammar rules. It keeps track of all possible parse states and uses a dynamic programming approach to efficiently process and recognize the input string.