A finite state machine is a mathematical abstraction of computing in which we assume that a system can be in exactly one of a fixed number of known states. A finite state machine can be understood as a particular kind of Markov process.
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A finite state machine is a mathematical abstraction of computing in which we assume that a system can be in exactly one of a fixed number of known states. A finite state machine can be understood as a particular kind of Markov process.