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    deterministic finite automaton (DFA)—also known as deterministic finite acceptor (DFA), deterministic finite-state machine (DFSM), or deterministic finite-state...
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  • In automata theory, a finite-state machine is called a deterministic finite automaton (DFA), if each of its transitions is uniquely determined by its...
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    In computer science, a deterministic acyclic finite state automaton (DAFSA), is a data structure that represents a set of strings, and allows for a query...
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    science), DFA minimization is the task of transforming a given deterministic finite automaton (DFA) into an equivalent DFA that has a minimum number of states...
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    A finite-state machine (FSM) or finite-state automaton (FSA, plural: automata), finite automaton, or simply a state machine, is a mathematical model of...
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  • state. A basic theorem states that any AFA is equivalent to a deterministic finite automaton (DFA), hence AFAs accept exactly the regular languages. An alternative...
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  • automata, finite tree automata (FTA) can be either a deterministic automaton or not. According to how the automaton processes the input tree, finite tree automata...
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  • theory, a two-way finite automaton is a finite automaton that is allowed to re-read its input. A two-way deterministic finite automaton (2DFA) is an abstract...
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  • that should be mentioned and understood. The first is the non-deterministic finite automaton (NFA). In this case, the vector q is replaced by a vector that...
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  • standard method for converting a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) into a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) which recognizes the same formal language...
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    In computer science and automata theory, a deterministic Büchi automaton is a theoretical machine which either accepts or rejects infinite inputs. Such...
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  • the automata theory, a tagged deterministic finite automaton (TDFA) is an extension of deterministic finite automaton (DFA). In addition to solving the...
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  • determined by the input.: 41  A common deterministic automaton is a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) which is a finite state machine, where for each pair...
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  • computer science, an ω-automaton (or stream automaton) is a variation of a finite automaton that runs on infinite, rather than finite, strings as input. Since...
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  • accepted by a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) it is the language accepted by a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) it can be generated by a regular...
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  • automata theory, a deterministic pushdown automaton (DPDA or DPA) is a variation of the pushdown automaton. The class of deterministic pushdown automata...
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    by converting the nondeterministic finite state machine to a deterministic finite automaton by using the powerset construction, and then complementing its...
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    of operations automatically. An automaton with a finite number of states is called a finite automaton (FA) or finite-state machine (FSM). The figure on...
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  • probabilities, the quantum finite automaton. For a given initial state and input character, a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) has exactly one next...
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  • In automata theory, a permutation automaton, or pure-group automaton, is a deterministic finite automaton such that each input symbol permutes the set...
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  • Thompson's construction (category Finite automata)
    language, each can be converted into an equivalent minimal deterministic finite automaton via Thompson's construction, powerset construction, and DFA...
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    capable than finite-state machines but less capable than Turing machines (see below). Deterministic pushdown automata can recognize all deterministic context-free...
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  • In this approach, backtracking is avoided by constructing a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) that recognizes a stored search string. These are expensive...
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  • ω-regular language. Suppose A = (Q,Σ,δ,q0,F) is a deterministic Muller automaton. The union of finitely many ω-regular languages produces an ω-regular language;...
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    construct a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA), which is then made deterministic and the resulting deterministic finite automaton (DFA) is run on the target...
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  • particular abstract machines which are deterministic include the deterministic Turing machine and deterministic finite automaton. A variety of factors can cause...
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  • minimization is the task of transforming a given nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) into an equivalent NFA that has a minimum number of states, transitions...
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    string. In terms of automata theory, a suffix automaton is the minimal partial deterministic finite automaton that recognizes the set of suffixes of a given...
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  • unambiguous finite automaton (UFA) is a nondeterministic finite automaton (NFA) such that each word has at most one accepting path. Each deterministic finite automaton...
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    algorithm may have a few hundred states, while the equivalent deterministic finite automaton (DFA) on a given real machine has quadrillions. This makes the...
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