Use Thompson's algorithm to build the NFA for the following regular expression. Build the corresponding DFA and minimize it.
- (a|b)*abb(a|b)*
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The tree expansion for non-splitting sets has been omitted for simplicity ("a" transition for non-final states and the {0, 2} "a" and "b" transitions. The final states are all indistinguishable, regarding both "a" or "b" transitions (remember that, at this stage, we assume that individual states -- i.e., the final states -- are all indistinguishable). | The tree expansion for non-splitting sets has been omitted for simplicity ("a" transition for non-final states and the {0, 2} "a" and "b" transitions. The final states are all indistinguishable, regarding both "a" or "b" transitions (remember that, at this stage, we assume that individual states -- i.e., the final states -- are all indistinguishable). |
Problem
Use Thompson's algorithm to build the NFA for the following regular expression. Build the corresponding DFA and minimize it.
Solution
The non-deterministic finite automaton (NFA), built by applying Thompson's algorithm to the regular expression (a|b)*abb(a|b)* is the following:
Applying the determination algorithm to the above NFA, the following determination table is obtained:
In | α∈Σ | move(In, α) | ε-closure(move(In, α)) | In+1 = ε-closure(move(In, α)) |
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- | - | 0 | 0, 1, 2, 4, 7 | 0 |
0 | a | 3, 8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 | 1 |
0 | b | 5 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 | 2 |
1 | a | 3, 8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 | 1 |
1 | b | 5, 9 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 | 3 |
2 | a | 3, 8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 | 1 |
2 | b | 5 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7 | 2 |
3 | a | 3, 8 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8 | 1 |
3 | b | 5, 10 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 17 | 4 |
4 | a | 3, 8, 13 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 | 5 |
4 | b | 5, 15 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 | 6 |
5 | a | 3, 8, 13 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 | 5 |
5 | b | 5, 9, 15 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 | 7 |
6 | a | 3, 8, 13 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 | 5 |
6 | b | 5, 15 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 | 6 |
7 | a | 3, 8, 13 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 | 5 |
7 | b | 5, 10, 15 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 | 8 |
8 | a | 3, 8, 13 | 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17 | 5 |
8 | b | 5, 15 | 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17 | 6 |
Graphically, the DFA is represented as follows:
The minimization tree is as follows:
The tree expansion for non-splitting sets has been omitted for simplicity ("a" transition for non-final states and the {0, 2} "a" and "b" transitions. The final states are all indistinguishable, regarding both "a" or "b" transitions (remember that, at this stage, we assume that individual states -- i.e., the final states -- are all indistinguishable).
Given the minimization tree above, the final minimal DFA is as follows: