%0 Journal Article %A Kirsten, Daniel %T Distance desert automata and the star height problem %J RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications %D 2005 %P 455-509 %V 39 %N 3 %I EDP-Sciences %U http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ita:2005027/ %R 10.1051/ita:2005027 %G en %F ITA_2005__39_3_455_0