Incremental DFA minimisation
RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 48 (2014) no. 2, pp. 173-186.

We present a new incremental algorithm for minimising deterministic finite automata. It runs in quadratic time for any practical application and may be halted at any point, returning a partially minimised automaton. Hence, the algorithm may be applied to a given automaton at the same time as it is processing a string for acceptance. We also include some experimental comparative results.

DOI : 10.1051/ita/2013045
Classification : 68Q45, 68Q65, 68Q25
Mots-clés : regular languages, finite automata, minimisation algorithms 
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Almeida, Marco; Moreira, Nelma; Reis, Rogério. Incremental DFA minimisation. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications - Informatique Théorique et Applications, Tome 48 (2014) no. 2, pp. 173-186. doi : 10.1051/ita/2013045. http://archive.numdam.org/articles/10.1051/ita/2013045/

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