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| In the [[theory of computation]], a '''Moore machine''' is a [[finite-state machine]] whose output values are determined solely by its current [[state (computer science)|state]]. This is in contrast to a [[Mealy machine]], whose output values are determined both by its current state and by the values of its inputs. The Moore machine is named after [[Edward F. Moore]], who presented the concept in a 1956 paper, “Gedanken-experiments on Sequential Machines.”<ref name="gedanken">{{cite journal| last=Moore| first=Edward F| title=Gedanken-experiments on Sequential Machines| pages=129–153| journal=Automata Studies,Annals of Mathematical Studies| issue=34| publisher=Princeton University Press| location=Princeton, N.J.| year=1956}}</ref>
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| == Formal definition ==
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| A Moore machine can be defined as a [[N-tuple|6-tuple]] ( S, ''S''<sub>0</sub>, Σ, Λ, ''T'', ''G'' ) consisting of the following:
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| * a finite set of [[State (computer science)|states]] ( ''S'' )
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| * a start state (also called initial state) ''S''<sub>0</sub> which is an element of (''S'')
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| * a finite set called the input [[Alphabet (computer science)|alphabet]] ( Σ )
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| * a finite set called the output [[Alphabet (computer science)|alphabet]] ( Λ )
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| * a transition [[function (mathematics)|function]] (''T'' : ''S'' × Σ → ''S'') mapping a state and the input alphabet to the next state
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| * an output function (''G'' : ''S'' → Λ) mapping each state to the output alphabet
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| A Moore machine can be regarded as a restricted type of [[finite state transducer]].
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| ==Visual representation==
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| ===Table===
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| [[State transition table]] is a table showing relation between an input and a state.
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| ===Diagram===
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| The [[state diagram]] for a Moore machine or Moore diagram is a diagram that associates an output value with each state.
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| ==Relationship with Mealy machines==
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| The difference between Moore machines and [[Mealy machine]]s is that in the latter, the output of a transition is determined by the combination of current [[state (computer science)|state]] and current input. In other words: in a '''[[state diagram|diagram]]'''
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| * for a Moore machine, each node (state) is labeled with an output value;
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| * for a Mealy machine, each arc (transition) is labeled with an output value.
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| Every Moore machine M is equivalent to the Mealy machine with the same states and transitions
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| and the output function that takes each state-input pair (q,x) to G<sub>M</sub>(q), where G<sub>M</sub> is M's output function.
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| Conversely, every Mealy machine M is equivalent to the Moore machine with as its states all pairs of S × Λ of M, and as its transitions ((q,o),y) → (T<sub>M</sub>(q,y),G<sub>M</sub>(q,y)), and as output function (q,o) → o, where T<sub>M</sub> and G<sub>M</sub> are M's transition resp. output functions.
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| ==Examples==
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| Types according to number of inputs/outputs.
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| ===Simple===
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| Simple Moore machine have one input and one output:
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| * [[Edge detection|edge detector]] using [[XOR]]
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| * [[wikibooks:Fractals/Mathematics/group/Binary adding machine|binary adding machine]]
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| * [[Clocked_sequential_system#Clocked_sequential_system|clocked sequential systems]] (a restricted form of Moore machine where the state changes only when the global clock signal changes)
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| Most digital electronic systems are designed as [[Clocked_sequential_system#Clocked_sequential_system|clocked sequential systems]]. Clocked sequential systems are a restricted form of Moore machine where the state changes only when the global clock signal changes. Typically the current state is stored in [[Flip-flop (electronics)|flip-flops]], and a global clock signal is connected to the "clock" input of the flip-flops. Clocked sequential systems are one way to solve [[Metastability in electronics|metastability]] problems. A typical electronic Moore machine includes a [[combinational logic]] chain to decode the current state into the outputs (lambda). The instant the current state changes, those changes ripple through that chain, and almost instantaneously the output gets updated. There are design techniques to ensure that no [[glitch]]es occur on the outputs during that brief period while those changes are rippling through the chain, but most systems are designed so that glitches during that brief transition time are ignored or are irrelevant. The outputs then stay the same indefinitely ([[LED]]s stay bright, power stays connected to the motors, [[solenoid]]s stay energized, etc.), until the Moore machine changes state again.
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| <gallery>
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| File:Moore-Automat-en.svg|Moore machine in combinational logic
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| </gallery> | |
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| ===Complex===
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| More complex Moore machines can have multiple inputs as well as multiple outputs.
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| == Gedanken-experiments ==
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| In Moore's paper "[[Thought experiment|Gedanken-experiments]] on Sequential Machines",<ref name="gedanken"/> the '''(n;m;p)''' automata (or machines) '''S''' are defined as having '''n''' states, '''m''' input symbols and '''p''' output symbols. Nine theorems are proved about the structure of '''S''', and experiments with '''S'''. Later, '''''S''' machines'' became known as ''Moore machines''.
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| At the end of the paper, in Section '''Further problems''', the following task is stated: ''Another directly following problem is the improvement of the bounds given at the theorems 8 and 9''.
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| Moore's '''Theorem 8''' is formulated as:
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| ''Given an arbitrary '''(n;m;p)''' machine '''S''', such that every two of its states are distinguishable from one another, then there exists an experiment of length '''<math>\frac{n(n-1)}{2}</math>'''
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| ''which determines the state of '''S''' at the end of the experiment.''
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| In 1957, [[Anatolii Alexeevitch Karatsuba|A. A. Karatsuba]] proved the following two theorems, which completely solved Moore's problem on the improvement of the bounds of the experiment length of his '''Theorem 8'''.
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| '''Theorem ''A''.'''
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| ''If '''S''' is an '''(n;m;p)''' machine, such that every two of its states are distinguishable from one another, then there exists a branched experiment of length at most '''<math>\frac{(n-1)(n-2)}{2} + 1</math>''' through which one may determine the state of '''S''' at the end of the experiment.''
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| '''Theorem ''B''.'''
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| ''There exists an '''(n;m;p)''' machine, every two states of which are distinguishable from one another, such that the length of the shortest experiments establishing the state of the machine at the end of the experiment is equal to '''<math>\frac{(n-1)(n-2)}{2} + 1</math> '''.''
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| Theorems '''A''' and '''B''' were used for the basis of the course work of a student of the fourth year, [[Anatolii Alexeevitch Karatsuba|A. A. Karatsuba]], '''"On a problem from the automata theory"''' which was distinguished by testimonial
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| reference at the competition of student works of the faculty of mechanics and mathematics of Moscow Lomonosow State University in 1958. The paper by [[Anatolii Alexeevitch Karatsuba|A. A. Karatsuba]] was given to the journal Uspekhi Mat. Nauk on 17 December 1958 and was published there in June 1960.<ref>{{cite journal| last=Karatsuba| first=A. A.| title=Solution of one problem from the theory of finite automata | pages=157–159| journal=Usp. Mat. Nauk| issue=15:3| year=1960}}</ref>
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| Until the present day (2011), Karatsuba's result on the length of experiments is the only exact nonlinear result, both in automata theory, and in similar problems of computational complexity theory.
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| == See also ==
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| * [[Synchronous circuit]]
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| * [[Mealy machine]]
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| * [[Algorithmic State Machine]]
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| == References ==
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| {{reflist}}
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| == Further reading ==
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| * Conway, John Horton (1971): Regular Algebra and Finite Machines, Chapman and Hall.
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| * Moore E. F. Gedanken-experiments on Sequential Machines. Automata Studies, Annals of Mathematical Studies, 34, 129–153. Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J.(1956).
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| * Karatsuba A. A. Solution of one problem from the theory of finite automata. Usp. Mat. Nauk, 15:3, 157–159 (1960).
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| * Karacuba A. A. Experimente mit Automaten (German) Elektron. Informationsverarb. Kybernetik, 11, 611–612 (1975).
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| * Karatsuba A. A. ''[http://www.mi.ras.ru/~karatsuba/list_e.html List of research works]''
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| [[Category:Models of computation]]
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Hello! My name is Allan.
It is a little about myself: I live in Great Britain, my city of Kingston Park.
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