Switeching and Finite Automation Theory

Preface; Part I. Preliminaries: 1. Number systems and codes; 2. Sets relations and lattices; Part II. Combinational Logic: 3. Switching algebra and its applications; 4. Minimisation of switching functions; 5. Logic design; 6. Multilevel logic synthesis; 7. Threshold logic for nanotechnologies; 8. Testing of combinational circuits; Part III. Finite State Machines: 9. Introduction to synchronous sequential circuits and iterative networks; 10. Capabilities minimisation and transformation of sequential machines; 11. Asynchronous sequential circuits; 12. Structure of sequential machines; 13. State-identification experiments and testing of sequential circuits; 14. Memory definiteness and information losslessness of finite automata; 15. Linear sequential machines; 16. Finite-state recognisers; Index.