A survey of computer applications to semigroups and related structures
Robert J. Plemmons · ACM SIGSAM Bulletin · 1969
Introducstion. Although most of the applications of computers to abstract algebra have been made in group theory [4], there have been several applications to finite semigroups and related structures. Most of the work in this area has been concentrated on enumerative type problems and backtrack methods [11] in searching for examples of specific types of structures. Recently however, several papers have appeared that describe computer applications to the analyzation of specific structures and to the investigation of word problems in semigroups.