DFA minimization: from Brzozowski to Hopcroft

Minimization of automata is a classic problem in Computer Sci- ence which is still studied nowadays. In this paper, we first propose a polynomial minimization method directly derived from Brzozowski¿s algorithm, and second, we show how the consideration of some effi- ciency improvements on this algo...

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Autores: García Gómez, Pedro, López Rodríguez, Damián|||0000-0003-3633-3862, Vázquez-de-Parga Andrade, Manuel
Tipo de recurso: informe técnico
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV)
Repositorio:RiuNet. Repositorio Institucional de la Universitat Politécnica de Valéncia
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:riunet.upv.es:10251/27623
Acceso en línea:https://riunet.upv.es/handle/10251/27623
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DFA minimization
Brzozowski algorithm
Hopcroft algorithm
LENGUAJES Y SISTEMAS INFORMATICOS
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Sumario:Minimization of automata is a classic problem in Computer Sci- ence which is still studied nowadays. In this paper, we first propose a polynomial minimization method directly derived from Brzozowski¿s algorithm, and second, we show how the consideration of some effi- ciency improvements on this algorithm lead to obtain an algorithm equivalent to Hopcroft¿s.