Nondeterministic Finite Accepter

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A nondeterministic finite accepter or nfa is defined by the quintuple

\[<br/>M = (Q, \Sigma, \delta, q_{0}, F) ,<br/>\]

where $Q$, $\Sigma$, $q_{0}$, $F$ are defined as for deterministic finite accepters, but
\(<br/>\delta : Q \times ( \Sigma \cup { \lambda } ) \rightarrow 2^{Q}.<br/>\)

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DFA와의 차이

• $\delta$의 range(치역)가 $2^{Q}$의 powerset.
  • 여러 state로 이동 가능
  • 공집합도 가능
• input으로 $\lambda$ 허용
  • symbol을 읽지 않는 transition 가능

NFA의 승인 방식

input string을 모두 처리한 다음 머신이 승인 상태에 놓이는 이동 경로가 하나 이상 존재한다면 accept되고 그렇지 않다면 reject된다.

Extended transition function.

확장 전이 함수 $\delta^{\ast}$는 다음을 만족해야 한다.
If $\delta^{\ast}(q_{i},w) = Q_{j}$, then $Q_{j}$ is the set of all possible states the automation may be in, having started in state $q_{i}$ and having read $w$.

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For an nfa, the extended transition function is defined so that $\delta^{\ast}(q_{i}, w)$ contains $q_{j}$ if and only if there is a walk in the transition graph from $q_{i}$ to $q_{j}$ labeled $w$. This holds for all $q_{i}, q_{j} \in Q$, and $w \in \Sigma^{\ast}$.

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nfa로 accept되는 language는 다음과 같이 정의한다.

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The language $L$ accepted by an nfa $M = (Q, \Sigma, \delta, q_{0}, F)$ is defined as the set of all strings accepted in the above sense. Formally,
\(<br/>L(M) = { w \in \Sigma ^{\ast} : \delta^{\ast} (q_{0}, w) \cap F \neq \emptyset }.<br/>\)
In words, the language consists of all strings $w$ for which there is a walk labeled $w$ from the initial vertex of the transition graph to some final vertex.

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