DocumentCode
1118928
Title
Worst Case Bounds for Maximal Compatible Subsets
Author
Rubin, Frank
Author_Institution
System Development Division, IBM Corporation Poughkeepsie
Issue
8
fYear
1975
Firstpage
830
Lastpage
831
Abstract
An exact upper bound is found for the number of maximal compatible subsets of an n-state incompletely specified sequential machine (ISSM). This bound, on the order of 3n/3, iS also a worst case computer storage and computation time limit for any algorithm to find maximal compatibles.
Keywords
Incompatibility graph, incompletely specified sequential machine (ISSM), maximal compatible, state mninimization, worst case bound.; Artificial intelligence; Associative memory; Computer aided software engineering; Information processing; Upper bound; Incompatibility graph, incompletely specified sequential machine (ISSM), maximal compatible, state mninimization, worst case bound.;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computers, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9340
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/T-C.1975.224315
Filename
1672908
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