• DocumentCode
    1134472
  • Title

    Logic Circuit for Cycle Detection in a State Diagram

  • Author

    Waxman, Jerry ; Rootenberg, Jacob

  • Author_Institution
    Systems Research Group, Department of Computer Science, Queens College
  • Issue
    3
  • fYear
    1977
  • fDate
    3/1/1977 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    303
  • Lastpage
    305
  • Abstract
    A logic circuit is presented that detects cycles in an n-node state graph in o(n) basic operations. This compares favorably with software for cycle detection that requires 0(n2.8) operations and is, therefore, useful in situations where real-time detection is important.
  • Keywords
    Complexity, cycle detection, hardware, state diagram.; Computer graphics; Computer science; Electrons; Grid computing; Hardware; Image processing; Jacobian matrices; Logic circuits; Pattern recognition; Shape; Complexity, cycle detection, hardware, state diagram.;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computers, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9340
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TC.1977.1674826
  • Filename
    1674826