Büchi automaton

English

Etymology

Named after the Swiss mathematician Julius Richard Büchi, who invented this kind of automaton in 1962.

Noun

Büchi automaton (plural Büchi automatons or Büchi automata)

1. (computing theory) A type of ω-automaton that extends a finite automaton to infinite inputs. It accepts an infinite input sequence if there exists a run of the automaton that visits (at least) one of the final states infinitely often.