: States are divided into groups (blocks) based on their outputs. These blocks are then refined based on where their next states land until no further splitting is possible. 2. State Assignment (State Encoding)
: A simple manual check where you eliminate a state if its entire row in a state table (next states and outputs) is identical to another row. State Minimization and State Assignment of Fini...
The goal of state minimization is to identify and merge to reduce the number of flip-flops and the complexity of the next-state logic. Two states are equivalent if they produce the same output and transition to the same (or equivalent) next states for every possible input. : States are divided into groups (blocks) based