Thompson's construction

Thompson's construction algorithm - algorithm relating regular expressions to NFAs. Article “Thompson's construction” in English Wikipedia has 43.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 8 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Thompson's construction”, its content was written by 30 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 103 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 62 times in English Wikipedia and cited 134 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #86852 in October 2015
• Global: #139081 in June 2018

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #265602 in February 2021
• Global: #398180 in November 2020

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Thompson's construction		43.795
2	Russian (ru) Конструкция Томпсона		29.7039
3	Chinese (zh) 汤普森构造法		28.4014
4	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Thompson		28.3376
5	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Thompson		24.9368
6	French (fr) Algorithme de Thompson		24.7147
7	German (de) Thompson-Konstruktion		22.8927
8	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون		21.6958
9	Arabic (ar) تجربة بناء طومسون		19.3477
10	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Thompson		12.2057

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Thompson's construction" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Thompson's construction		383 653
2	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Thompson		47 485
3	French (fr) Algorithme de Thompson		24 554
4	Chinese (zh) 汤普森构造法		13 192
5	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Thompson		11 143
6	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Thompson		8 270
7	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون		3 443
8	Ukrainian (uk) Синтез скінченних автоматів		3 284
9	Arabic (ar) تجربة بناء طومسون		2 251
10	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Thompson		1 759

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Thompson's construction" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Thompson's construction		1 479
2	Chinese (zh) 汤普森构造法		108
3	French (fr) Algorithme de Thompson		95
4	Russian (ru) Конструкция Томпсона		83
5	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Thompson		69
6	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Thompson		51
7	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Thompson		41
8	German (de) Thompson-Konstruktion		17
9	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Thompson		9
10	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Thompson's construction" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Thompson's construction		30
2	French (fr) Algorithme de Thompson		17
3	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Thompson		14
4	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Thompson		13
5	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Thompson		11
6	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون		4
7	Arabic (ar) تجربة بناء طومسون		3
8	German (de) Thompson-Konstruktion		3
9	Chinese (zh) 汤普森构造法		3
10	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Thompson		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Thompson's construction" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) تجربة بناء طومسون		0
2	German (de) Thompson-Konstruktion		0
3	English (en) Thompson's construction		0
4	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Thompson		0
5	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون		0
6	French (fr) Algorithme de Thompson		0
7	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Thompson		0
8	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Thompson		0
9	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Thompson		0
10	Russian (ru) Конструкция Томпсона		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Thompson's construction" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Thompson's construction		62
2	French (fr) Algorithme de Thompson		40
3	Chinese (zh) 汤普森构造法		19
4	Persian (fa) الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون		4
5	German (de) Thompson-Konstruktion		2
6	Italian (it) Algoritmo di Thompson		2
7	Ukrainian (uk) Синтез скінченних автоматів		2
8	Spanish (es) Algoritmo de Thompson		1
9	Portuguese (pt) Algoritmo de Thompson		1
10	Romanian (ro) Algoritmul lui Thompson		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تجربة بناء طومسون
de	German Thompson-Konstruktion
en	English Thompson's construction
es	Spanish Algoritmo de Thompson
fa	Persian الگوریتم ساختمان تامپسون
fr	French Algorithme de Thompson
it	Italian Algoritmo di Thompson
pt	Portuguese Algoritmo de Thompson
ro	Romanian Algoritmul lui Thompson
ru	Russian Конструкция Томпсона
uk	Ukrainian Синтез скінченних автоматів
zh	Chinese 汤普森构造法

Best Rank

English: #265602 02.2021

Global: #398180 11.2020

Best Rank

English: #86852 10.2015

Global: #139081 06.2018

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