Cats as NFAs

domesticat's picture

Here’s what I sent out this morning via twitter:

If a human kid, those actions would mean "I had a bad dream, plz cuddle me." But Tenzing is a 9yr-old CAT. Translations, twitterkin?

The response from John was worth quoting:

Tenz as an NFA:  N>E;N>M;N>S;N>P;M>S;M>E;M>P;E>P;E>S;E>N;E>M;P>M;P>N;
 P>S;P>E;S>N;S>P;S>M;S>E;E>Po;Po>N;Po>S;Po>M;N>Po

where N is napping, E is eating, S is scritchies, M is meowing, P is playing with Edmund, and Po is pooping.

Can one be speechless and laughing at the same time?

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A non-deterministic finite

A non-deterministic finite autonoma is a lot easier to fit in 140 characters than a deterministic one.  Smiling

Oh, and assume that N is the start state.  I forgot to mention that.

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THAT is brilliant.

THAT is brilliant.

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