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What is Automaton

Chapter 88
Encyclopedia of Business Analytics and Optimization
It is a decision rule, or a strategy, consisting of a finite set of states, a transition function (that defines the rules of transition between states) and a behavioral function (defining an agent’s behavior in each state of the automaton).
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Finite Automata Games: Basic Concepts
Fernando S. Oliveira (ESSEC Business School, Singapore)
Copyright: © 2014 |Pages: 9
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-5202-6.ch088
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