• DocumentCode
    891782
  • Title

    A Remark on Determining the Number of States of a Sequential Machine

  • Author

    Harrison, Michael

  • Author_Institution
    University of California, Berkeley, Calif.
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    1967
  • Firstpage
    689
  • Lastpage
    690
  • Abstract
    Results in the literature on sequential machines prove that it is not possible to determine the minimal form of a machine by external measurements. By changing the concept of external measurement, an ``effective solution´´ to this identification problem is given. The solution utilizes an important result in the theory of sequential relations.
  • Keywords
    Algorithm design and analysis; Automatic control; Automatic testing; Boolean functions; Digital control; Logic; Minimization; Presses; Sequential analysis; Switching systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Electronic Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0367-7508
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/PGEC.1967.264788
  • Filename
    4039169