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We introduce PEP, the Post Embedding Problem, a variant of PCP where one compares strings with the subword relation, and PEP reg, a further variant where solutions are constrained and must belong to a given regular language. PEP reg is decidable but not primitive recursive. This entails the decidability of reachability for unidirectional systems with one reliable and one lossy channel.
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Chambart, P., Schnoebelen, P. (2007). Post Embedding Problem Is Not Primitive Recursive, with Applications to Channel Systems. In: Arvind, V., Prasad, S. (eds) FSTTCS 2007: Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. FSTTCS 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4855. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77050-3_22
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