1959年,拉宾和达纳·斯科特共同发表了“有限自动机与其判定性问题”(Finite Automata and Their Decision Problems)的论文,提出了非确定自动机的观点。他们也因此获得了1976年的图灵奖,并做“逻辑与程序设计语言”(logic and Programming Language)的演讲。图灵奖的引文是:
^英文为:For their joint paper "Finite Automata and Their Decision Problem," which introduced the idea of nondeterministic machines, which has proved to be an enormously valuable concept. Their (Scott & Rabin) classic paper has been a continuous source of inspiration for subsequent work in this field.ACM Turing Award Citation[永久失效連結]
参考
斯科特的文章
With Michael O. Rabin, 1959. Finite Automata and Their Decision Problem.
1967. A proof of the independence of the continuum hypothesis. Mathematical Systems Theory 1:89-111.
1970. 'Advice in modal logic'. In Philosophical Problems in Logic, ed. K. Lambert, pages 143-173.
With John Lemmon, 1977. An Introduction to Modal Logic. Oxford: Blackwell.
其他资料
Blackburn, de Rijke and Venema, 2001. Modal logic. Cambridge University Press.