Hromkovič, Juraj Descriptional complexity of finite automata: concepts and open problems. (English) Zbl 1094.68576 J. Autom. Lang. Comb. 7, No. 4, 519-531 (2002). Summary: ‘Automata theory is not over’ is the message of this paper. But if one wishes a renaissance of automata theory, then one should prefer to return to the investigation of the fundamental, classical problems of automata theory rather than searching for new applications and defining numerous questionable modifications of basic models. We argue for this opinion here and try to outline a way that could lead to a renaissance of automata theory. Cited in 14 Documents MSC: 68Q45 Formal languages and automata PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{J. Hromkovič}, J. Autom. Lang. Comb. 7, No. 4, 519--531 (2002; Zbl 1094.68576)