Deterministic finite automaton(DFA) is a finite state machine that accepts/rejects finite strings of symbols and only produces a unique computation (or run) of the automation for each input string.
- DFAs can be represented using state diagrams. For example, in the automaton shown below, there are three states: S0, S1, and S2 (denoted graphically by circles).
- The automaton takes a finite sequence of 0s and 1s as input.
- For each state, there is a transition arrow leading out to a next state for both 0 and 1.
- Upon reading a symbol, a DFA jumps deterministically from a state to another by following the transition arrow.
- For example, if the automaton is currently in state S0 and current input symbol is 1 then it deterministically jumps to state S1.
- A DFA has a start state (denoted graphically by an arrow coming in from nowhere) where computations begin, and a set of accept states (denoted graphically by a double circle) which help define when a computation is successful.
These are some strings above DFA accepts,
0
00
000
11
110
1001
You are given a DFA in input and an integer N. You have to tell how many distinct strings of length N the given DFA accepts. Return answer modulo 109+7.
- Assume each state has two outgoing edges(one for 0 and one for 1). Both outgoing edges won’t go to the same state.
- There could be multiple accept states, but only one start state.
- A start state could also be an accept state.
- States are numbered from 0 to K-1, where K is total number of states in DFA.
- You are given three arrays zeroEdges, oneEdges, accepting and two integers start and N.
- Array
zeroEdges
denotes a 0 edge from state numbered i to state A[i], for all 0 ≤ i ≤ K-1 - Array
oneEdges
denotes a 1 edge from state numbered i to state B[i], for all 0 ≤ i ≤ K-1 - Array
accepting
contains indices of all accept states. - Integer
start
denotes the start state. - Integer
N
denotes you have to count how many distinct strings of length N the given DFA accepts.
For the DFA shown in image, input is
zeroEdges = [0, 2, 1]
oneEdges = [1, 0, 2]
accepting = [0]
start = 0
Input 1
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N = 2
Strings '00' and '11' are only strings on length 2 which are accepted. So, answer is 2.
Input 2
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N = 1
String '0' is the only string. Answer is 1.