Search results for "Büchi automaton"
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Arithmetical Analysis of Biomolecular Finite Automaton
2013
In the paper we present a theoretical analysis of extension of the finite automaton built on DNA (introduced by the Shapiro team) to an arbitrary number of states and symbols. In the implementation we use a new idea of several restriction enzymes instead of one. We give arithmetical conditions for the existence of such extensions in terms of ingredients used in the implementation.
Weak and strong recognition by 2-way randomized automata
1997
Languages weakly recognized by a Monte Carlo 2-way finite automaton with n states are proved to be strongly recognized by a Monte Carlo 2-way finite automaton with no(n) states. This improves dramatically over the previously known result by M.Karpinski and R.Verbeek [10] which is also nontrivial since these languages can be nonregular [5]. For tally languages the increase in the number of states is proved to be only polynomial, and these languages are regular.
Deterministic generalized automata
1995
A generalized automaton (GA) is a finite automaton where the single transitions are defined on words rather than on single letters. Generalized automata were considered by K. Hashiguchi who proved that the problem of calculating the size of a minimal GA is decidable.
The Complexity of Probabilistic versus Quantum Finite Automata
2002
We present a language Ln which is recognizable by a probabilistic finite automaton (PFA) with probability 1 - ? for all ? > 0 with O(log2 n) states, with a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) with O(n) states, but a quantum finite automaton (QFA) needs at least 2?(n/log n) states.
Automata and differentiable words
2011
We exhibit the construction of a deterministic automaton that, given k > 0, recognizes the (regular) language of k-differentiable words. Our approach follows a scheme of Crochemore et al. based on minimal forbidden words. We extend this construction to the case of C\infinity-words, i.e., words differentiable arbitrary many times. We thus obtain an infinite automaton for representing the set of C\infinity-words. We derive a classification of C\infinity-words induced by the structure of the automaton. Then, we introduce a new framework for dealing with \infinity-words, based on a three letter alphabet. This allows us to define a compacted version of the automaton, that we use to prove that ev…
Optimal paths in weighted timed automata
2004
AbstractWe consider the optimal-reachability problem for a timed automaton with respect to a linear cost function which results in a weighted timed automaton. Our solution to this optimization problem consists of reducing it to computing (parametric) shortest paths in a finite weighted directed graph. We call this graph a parametric sub-region graph. It refines the region graph, a standard tool for the analysis of timed automata, by adding the information which is relevant to solving the optimal-reachability problem. We present an algorithm to solve the optimal-reachability problem for weighted timed automata that takes time exponential in O(n(|δ(A)|+|wmax|)), where n is the number of clock…
Nondeterministic Moore automata and Brzozowski's minimization algorithm
2012
AbstractMoore automata represent a model that has many applications. In this paper we define a notion of coherent nondeterministic Moore automaton (NMA) and show that such a model has the same computational power of the classical deterministic Moore automaton. We consider also the problem of constructing the minimal deterministic Moore automaton equivalent to a given NMA. We propose an algorithm that is a variant of Brzozowski’s minimization algorithm in the sense that it is essentially structured as reverse operation and subset construction performed twice. Moreover, we explore more general classes of NMA and analyze the applicability of the algorithm. For some of such classes the algorith…
Automata with Extremal Minimality Conditions
2010
It is well known that the minimality of a deterministic finite automaton (DFA) depends on the set of final states. In this paper we study the minimality of a strongly connected DFA by varying the set of final states. We consider, in particular, some extremal cases. A strongly connected DFA is called uniformly minimal if it is minimal, for any choice of the set of final states. It is called never-minimal if it is not minimal, for any choice of the set of final states. We show that there exists an infinite family of uniformly minimal automata and that there exists an infinite family of never-minimal automata. Some properties of these automata are investigated and, in particular, we consider t…
A graph theoretic approach to automata minimality
2012
AbstractThe paper presents a graph-theoretic approach to test the minimality of a deterministic automaton. In particular, we focus on problems concerning the dependence of the minimality of an automaton on the choice of the set F of final states or on the cardinality of the set F. We introduce different minimality conditions of an automaton and show that such conditions can be characterized in graph-theoretic terms.
Nondeterministic Moore Automata and Brzozowski’s Algorithm
2011
Moore automata represent a model that has many applications. In this paper we define a notion of coherent nondeterministic Moore automaton (NMA) and show that such a model has the same computational power of the classical deterministic Moore automaton. We consider also the problem of constructing the minimal deterministic Moore automaton equivalent to a given NMA. In this paper we propose an algorithm that is a variant of Brzozowski's algorithm in the sense that it is essentially structured as reverse operation and subset construction performed twice.