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AVA: An Applet for Visualizing FRACTRAN and Other Automata

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Implementation and Application of Automata (CIAA 2003)

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In this paper we present the design and features of the Automaton Visualization Applet (AVA). AVA is a tool for creating and editing graphs and automata which provides a friendly user interface. The applet supports finite automata, pushdown automata, Turing machines, and a model based on fractions called Fractran, of which we give an overview. AVA allows the user to perform the actions of the various machines, e.g. testing input strings to see if they are accepted. The applet also supports importing and exporting graphs using eXtensible Graph Markup and Modeling Language[4] (XGMML), an XML language for describing graphs.

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  1. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, 12180

    Nathan Preston & Mukkai S. Krishnamoorthy

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA

    Oscar H. Ibarra

  2. School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 99163, USA

    Zhe Dang

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Preston, N., Krishnamoorthy, M.S. (2003). AVA: An Applet for Visualizing FRACTRAN and Other Automata. In: Ibarra, O.H., Dang, Z. (eds) Implementation and Application of Automata. CIAA 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2759. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-45089-0_28

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