On the Degree of Extension of Some Models Defining Non-Regular Languages

Abstract: This work is a survey of the main results reported for the degree of extension of two models defining non-regular languages, namely the context-free grammar and the extended automaton over groups. More precisely, we recall the main results regarding the degree on non-regularity of a context-free grammar as well as the degree of extension of finite automata over groups. Finally, we consider a similar measure for the finite automata with translucent letters and present some preliminary results. This measure could be considered for many mechanisms that extend a less expressive one.