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A Congruence-based Perspective on Automata Minimization Algorithms

Formal Languages and Automata Theory 2019-06-28 v2

Abstract

In this work we use a framework of finite-state automata constructions based on equivalences over words to provide new insights on the relation between well-known methods for computing the minimal deterministic automaton of a language.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1906.06194,
  title  = {A Congruence-based Perspective on Automata Minimization Algorithms},
  author = {Pierre Ganty and Elena Gutiérrez and Pedro Valero},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1906.06194},
  year   = {2019}
}

Comments

22 pages, 2 figures, accepted at MFCS 2019

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