Büchi automaton

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Etymology[edit]

Named after the Swiss mathematician Julius Richard Büchi, who invented this kind of automaton in 1962.

Noun[edit]

Büchi automaton (plural Büchi automatons or Büchi automata)

  1. (computing theory) A type of ω-automaton that extends a finite automaton to infinite inputs. It accepts an infinite input sequence if there exists a run of the automaton that visits (at least) one of the final states infinitely often.