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Notes on the Parallel Decomposition Theory of Finite State Machines

Kahn Mason
Department of Computer Science
University of Canterbury

Abstract

This thesis applies the standard Hartmanis-Stearns decomposition theory to timed automata. Suitable partitions of states and clocks are required to generate quotient machines. An appropriate notion of orthogonal partitions is also defined.