• DocumentCode
    1113437
  • Title

    State Minimization of Incompletely Specified Sequential Machines

  • Author

    Biswas, Nripendra N.

  • Author_Institution
    Department of Electrical Communication Engineering, Indian Institute of Science
  • Issue
    1
  • fYear
    1974
  • Firstpage
    80
  • Lastpage
    84
  • Abstract
    A simple procedure for the state minimization of an incompletely specified sequential machine whose number of internal states is not very large is presented. It introduces the concept of a compatibility graph from which the set of maximal compatibles of the machine can be very conveniently derived. Primary and secondary implication trees associated with each maximal compatible are then constructed. The minimal state machine covering the incompletely specified machine is then obtained from these implication trees.
  • Keywords
    Augmentation, bunching, compatibility graph, implication trees, incompletely specified sequential machine, maximal compatibles, merger graph, sequential machine, state minimization, state reduction, substitution.; Character generation; Corporate acquisitions; Helium; Tree graphs; Augmentation, bunching, compatibility graph, implication trees, incompletely specified sequential machine, maximal compatibles, merger graph, sequential machine, state minimization, state reduction, substitution.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/T-C.1974.223780
  • Filename
    1672373