Moore Machine - Formal Definition

Formal Definition

A Moore machine can be defined as a 6-tuple ( S, S0, Σ, Λ, T, G ) consisting of the following:

  • a finite set of states ( S )
  • a start state (also called initial state) S0 which is an element of (S)
  • a finite set called the input alphabet ( Σ )
  • a finite set called the output alphabet ( Λ )
  • a transition function (T : S × Σ → S) mapping a state and the input alphabet to the next state
  • an output function (G : S → Λ) mapping each state to the output alphabet

The Moore machine is a finite state transducer.

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