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Hauptverfasser: Meng, Junjie, An, Jie, Li, Yong, Turrini, Andrea, Xu, Fanjiang, Zhan, Naijun, Zhang, Miaomiao
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
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Online-Zugang:https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24347
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author Meng, Junjie
An, Jie
Li, Yong
Turrini, Andrea
Xu, Fanjiang
Zhan, Naijun
Zhang, Miaomiao
author_facet Meng, Junjie
An, Jie
Li, Yong
Turrini, Andrea
Xu, Fanjiang
Zhan, Naijun
Zhang, Miaomiao
contents The identification of deterministic finite automata (DFAs) from labeled examples is a cornerstone of automata learning, yet traditional methods focus on learning monolithic DFAs, which often yield a large DFA lacking simplicity and interoperability. Recent work addresses these limitations by exploring DFA decomposition identification problems (DFA-DIPs), which model system behavior as intersections of multiple DFAs, offering modularity for complex tasks. However, existing DFA-DIP approaches depend on SAT encodings derived from Augmented Prefix Tree Acceptors (APTAs), incurring scalability limitations due to their inherent redundancy. In this work, we advance DFA-DIP research through studying two variants: the traditional Pareto-optimal DIP and the novel states-optimal DIP, which prioritizes a minimal number of states. We propose a novel framework that bridges DFA decomposition with recent advancements in automata representation. One of our key innovations replaces APTA with 3-valued DFA (3DFA) derived directly from labeled examples. This compact representation eliminates redundancies of APTA, thus drastically reducing variables in the improved SAT encoding. Experimental results demonstrate that our 3DFA-based approach achieves significant efficiency gains for the Pareto-optimal DIP while enabling a scalable solution for the states-optimal DIP.
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spellingShingle Efficient Decomposition Identification of Deterministic Finite Automata from Examples
Meng, Junjie
An, Jie
Li, Yong
Turrini, Andrea
Xu, Fanjiang
Zhan, Naijun
Zhang, Miaomiao
Software Engineering
The identification of deterministic finite automata (DFAs) from labeled examples is a cornerstone of automata learning, yet traditional methods focus on learning monolithic DFAs, which often yield a large DFA lacking simplicity and interoperability. Recent work addresses these limitations by exploring DFA decomposition identification problems (DFA-DIPs), which model system behavior as intersections of multiple DFAs, offering modularity for complex tasks. However, existing DFA-DIP approaches depend on SAT encodings derived from Augmented Prefix Tree Acceptors (APTAs), incurring scalability limitations due to their inherent redundancy. In this work, we advance DFA-DIP research through studying two variants: the traditional Pareto-optimal DIP and the novel states-optimal DIP, which prioritizes a minimal number of states. We propose a novel framework that bridges DFA decomposition with recent advancements in automata representation. One of our key innovations replaces APTA with 3-valued DFA (3DFA) derived directly from labeled examples. This compact representation eliminates redundancies of APTA, thus drastically reducing variables in the improved SAT encoding. Experimental results demonstrate that our 3DFA-based approach achieves significant efficiency gains for the Pareto-optimal DIP while enabling a scalable solution for the states-optimal DIP.
title Efficient Decomposition Identification of Deterministic Finite Automata from Examples
topic Software Engineering
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2509.24347