Talk:Deterministic finite automaton
To what field of human endeavor does this relate? Could someone put an introductory sentance in English for the rest of us? Thanks! ;) Mark Richards 06:21, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
- Doesn't everyone know automata theory? :-) -- jaredwf 07:27, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
Thanks Jaredwf! Just a stupid question though - Finite State Machine says that it is related to 'computer science', while DFST points to 'Theory of computing'. Is this as it should be? Thanks! Mark Richards 15:39, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
- I changed the finite state machine to say theory of computation, since theory of computation is a more exact answer. Thanks for noticing. -- jaredwf 15:46, 14 May 2004 (UTC)
symbols
The symbols used to describe the 5-turple are inconsistent with those in Automata theory. Is it better to change to ? My textbook also uses these notations.
I'm in favor of this change. Pkirlin 06:47, 11 November 2005 (UTC)
Merge proposal
Oppose. Other articles reference FSMs without the presumption of determinism. --Ancheta Wis 02:25, 3 December 2005 (UTC)