
arXiv: 1307.0720
The state complexity of a Deterministic Finite-state automaton (DFA) is the number of states in its minimal equivalent DFA. We study the state complexity of random $n$-state DFAs over a $k$-symbol alphabet, drawn uniformly from the set $[n]^{[n]\times[k]}\times2^{[n]}$ of all such automata. We show that, with high probability, the latter is $α_k n + O(\sqrt n\log n)$ for a certain explicit constant $α_k$.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL), random, Probability (math.PR), deterministic finite-state automaton, Computer Science - Formal Languages and Automata Theory, Formal languages and automata, 60C05, 68Q45, DFA, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), minimal, Mathematics - Probability
FOS: Computer and information sciences, Formal Languages and Automata Theory (cs.FL), random, Probability (math.PR), deterministic finite-state automaton, Computer Science - Formal Languages and Automata Theory, Formal languages and automata, 60C05, 68Q45, DFA, FOS: Mathematics, Mathematics - Combinatorics, Combinatorics (math.CO), minimal, Mathematics - Probability
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