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On the Average Complexity of Moore's State Minimization Algorithm

Data Structures and Algorithms 2009-02-09 v1 Computational Complexity

Abstract

We prove that, for any arbitrary finite alphabet and for the uniform distribution over deterministic and accessible automata with n states, the average complexity of Moore's state minimization algorithm is in O(n log n). Moreover this bound is tight in the case of unary utomata.

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@article{arxiv.0902.1048,
  title  = {On the Average Complexity of Moore's State Minimization Algorithm},
  author = {Frédérique Bassino and Julien David and Cyril Nicaud},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0902.1048},
  year   = {2009}
}
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