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Examples of DFA

Example 1:

Design a FA with ∑ = {0, 1} accepts those string which starts with 1 and ends with 0.

Solution:

The FA will have a start state q0 from which only the edge with input 1 will go to the next state.

Examples of Deterministic finite automata

In state q1, if we read 1, we will be in state q1, but if we read 0 at state q1, we will reach to state q2 which is the final state. In state q2, if we read either 0 or 1, we will go to q2 state or q1 state respectively. Note that if the input ends with 0, it will be in the final state.

Example 2:

Design a FA with ∑ = {0, 1} accepts the only input 101.

Solution:

Examples of Deterministic finite automata

In the given solution, we can see that only input 101 will be accepted. Hence, for input 101, there is no other path shown for other input.

Example 3:

Design FA with ∑ = {0, 1} accepts even number of 0’s and even number of 1’s.

Solution:

This FA will consider four different stages for input 0 and input 1. The stages could be:

Examples of Deterministic finite automata

Here q0 is a start state and the final state also. Note carefully that a symmetry of 0’s and 1’s is maintained. We can associate meanings to each state as:

q0: state of even number of 0’s and even number of 1’s.
q1: state of odd number of 0’s and even number of 1’s.
q2: state of odd number of 0’s and odd number of 1’s.
q3: state of even number of 0’s and odd number of 1’s.

Example 4:

Design FA with ∑ = {0, 1} accepts the set of all strings with three consecutive 0’s.

Solution:

The strings that will be generated for this particular languages are 000, 0001, 1000, 10001, …. in which 0 always appears in a clump of 3. The transition graph is as follows:

Examples of Deterministic finite automata

Note that the sequence of triple zeros is maintained to reach the final state.

Example 5:

Design a DFA L(M) = {w | w ε {0, 1}*} and W is a string that does not contain consecutive 1’s.

Solution:

When three consecutive 1’s occur the DFA will be:

Examples of Deterministic finite automata

Here two consecutive 1’s or single 1 is acceptable, hence

Examples of Deterministic finite automata

The stages q0, q1, q2 are the final states. The DFA will generate the strings that do not contain consecutive 1’s like 10, 110, 101,….. etc.

Example 6:

Design a FA with ∑ = {0, 1} accepts the strings with an even number of 0’s followed by single 1.

Solution:

The DFA can be shown by a transition diagram as:

Examples of Deterministic finite automata


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