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NeuroCOLT Technical Report NC-TR-97-034

Algorithms for Learning Finite Automata from Queries: A Unified View

Josè Balcazar, Josep Diaz, Ricard Gavalda
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
Spain

Osamu Watanabe
Tokyo Institute of Technology
Japan

Abstract
In this survey we compare several known variants of the algorithm for learning deterministic finite automata via membership and equivalence queries. We believe that our presentation makes it easier to understand what is going on and what the differences between the various algorithms mean. We also include the comparative analysis of the algorithms, review some known lower bounds, prove a new one, and discuss the question of parallelizing this sort of algorithms.

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