DFA Designing where string ends with substring ‘s’

Duration: 12 min

This video lesson is available to enrolled students.

Return to /learn/UPPSC-POLYTECHNIC-LECTURER-2025-CS/paper-2-compiler-design/deterministic-fa-dfa/dfa-construction-design/asset-dfa-designing-where-string-ends-with-substring-s after enrolling

Inside: a video lesson and guided study material.

Module outline

  1. About Course: UPPSC Course Overview
  2. Interview Preparation & Guidance: Interview Preparation
  3. Paper 1 | General Hindi: भाषा, लिपि, ध्वनि, वर्ण, अक्षर, स्वर, व्यंजन, मात्रा और संयुक्ताक्षर, वर्तनी, वर्ण-विन्यास, अनुस्वार, अनुनासिक, चंद्रबिंदु और ‘र’ के रूप, शब्द, पद और शब्द-भेद, संज्ञा और सर्वनाम, विशेषण और क्रिया, लिंग, वचन, पुरुष और कारक, काल, वाच्य, वाक्य और वाक्य-भेद, वर्णमाला, समास, संधि, विलोम शब्द, पर्यायवाची शब्द, सामान्य अशुद्धियाँ, अनेक शब्दों के लिए एक शब्द, मुहावरे और लोकोक्तियाँ, अपठित गद्यांश और अपठित पद्यांश, Multi-Topic Content (Cross-Concept Material), शब्द-भंडार, वर्ण-विचार, हिन्दी की ध्वनि और स्वनिम व्यवस्था, प्राचीन और मध्यकालीन भारतीय आर्यभाषाएँ, काव्य के लक्षण, हेतु और प्रयोजन, अशुद्धि-शोधन, शब्द-रचना, शब्द-भेद, हिन्दी की रूप रचना, रूप-रचना, हिन्दी शब्द रचना, हिन्दी साहित्येतिहास दर्शन, भक्तिकालीन काव्यधाराएँ, भारतीय काव्यशास्त्र की परंपरा, भारतीय नवजागरण और स्वाधीनता आंदोलन, अन्य गद्य विधाएँ एवं प्रवासी साहित्य, निर्धारित उपन्यासों का तुलनात्मक अध्ययन, गोदान, हिन्दी कहानी का विकास, स्वातंत्र्योत्तर और नयी कहानी, हिन्दी निबंध का विकास, शुक्लोत्तर निबंध, द्विवेदी और शुक्ल युग के निबंध, हिन्दी की संवैधानिक स्थिति, आधुनिक भारतीय आर्यभाषाएँ और हिन्दी का उद्भव, हिन्दी भाषा प्रयोग के विविध रूप, रीतिकाल, जीवनी, द्विवेदी युग और छायावाद, रीति, वक्रोक्ति और औचित्य सिद्धान्त, शब्दशक्ति और ध्वनि सिद्धान्त, रस सिद्धान्त और साधारणीकरण, उत्तर आधुनिकतावाद, लोहिया दर्शन, हिन्दी उपन्यास का विकास, हिन्दी नवजागरण, अंबेडकर दर्शन, आदिकाल, प्रयोगवाद और नयी कविता, छायावादी काव्य: प्रसाद और निराला, प्रगतिवाद से समकालीन कविता, निर्गुण भक्ति काव्य, द्विवेदीयुगीन काव्य, रीतिकालीन काव्य, आरंभिक हिन्दी उपन्यास, स्वातंत्र्योत्तर उपन्यास, आत्मकथा, स्वाधीनता-पूर्व प्रेमचंदोत्तर उपन्यास, निर्धारित कहानियों का तुलनात्मक अध्ययन, साठोत्तरी नाटक, प्रसाद और प्रसादोत्तर युग के नाटक, भारतेन्दु युगीन नाटक, स्वातंत्र्योत्तर नाटक, भारतेन्दु युगीन निबंध, संस्मरण और रेखाचित्र, व्यंग्य, एक साहित्यिक की डायरी, संस्कृति के चार अध्याय, सगुण भक्ति काव्य, हिन्दी नाटक, एकांकी और रंगमंच, आधुनिक गद्य और हिन्दी नवजागरण, अलंकार सिद्धान्त, हिन्दी आलोचना का विकास, भक्ति आंदोलन, कल्पना, बिम्ब, प्रतीक, मिथक और फंतासी, नयी कविता का विस्तार और साठोत्तरी कविता, उत्तर-छायावादी और प्रगतिवादी काव्य, काव्यगुण और काव्यदोष, प्लेटो, अरस्तू और पाश्चात्य परंपरा, मार्क्सवाद, स्वच्छन्दतावादी काव्यशास्त्र, आधुनिक पाश्चात्य आलोचना, भाषा और भाषा परिवार, देवनागरी लिपि
  4. Paper 2 | General Studies: State Wise GK, Polity, Geography, History, GK- Current Affairs
  5. Paper 1 | Programming Language: Language Design, C Fundamentals, Control Flow, Functions, Arrays & Pointers, Storage Classes, Structures & Enums, DMA, Macros, Scoping & File Handling, OOPS with C++
  6. Paper 1 | Database Management Systems: Basics of DBMS, ER Diagram, Relational Model & Functional Dependencies, Keys & Integrity Constraints, Normalization (1NF - BCNF), Decomposition Properties & 4NF, File Organization & Indexing, Relational Algebra, SQL, Relational Calculus, Transaction Management, Concurrency Control, ORDBMS, NoSQL
  7. Paper 1 | Cyber Security: Society, Law & Ethics, Cyber Threats and Malware Attacks, Role of Internet and Web Services, Security in Mobile and Wireless Computing, Electronic Data Interchange and E-Commerce, Physical Security and Cryptography Basics, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), Cyber Safety and Security, Ethical Hacking
  8. Paper 1 | Computer Organization and Architecture: Basics of COA, Programming the Basic Computer, Cache Memory Organization, Input Output Organisation, Instr Formats & Modes, Register Transfer and Microoperations, Control Unit Design
  9. Paper 1 | Computer Networks: Introduction to CN, Data Communication, DLL: Access Control, DLL: Flow Control, DLL: Error Control, DLL: Framing, Data Link Layer - Ethernet, Net Layer: IPv4 & Proto, Net Layer: IP Addressing, Net Layer:Routing Protocol, Transport Layer Services, TL: Congestion & UDP, Application Layer, Hardware basics, Network Security
  10. Paper 1 | Design and Analysis of Algorithms: Algorithm Analysis, Time Complexity Analysis, Sorting Algorithms, Greedy Algorithms, Dynamic Programming, Minimum Spanning Trees, Shortest Path Algos, Advanced Algorithms
  11. Paper 1 | Data Structures: Introduction to DS, Array, Linked List, Stack, Queue, Tree, Graphs, Hashing
  12. Paper 1 | Discrete Structures and Theory of Logic: Permutation and Combination, Set Theory, Relations, Functions, Propositional and Predicate Logic, Graph Theory, Group Theory
  13. Paper 1 | Software Project Management: Software Project Management
  14. Paper 2 | Operating Systems: Introduction to OS, Process Management, CPU Scheduling, Process Synchronization, Threads & Process Creation, Deadlock, Memory Management, Virtual Memory, Disc Scheduling, File Management, Unix OS, Linux OS, Security
  15. Paper 2 | Compiler Design: Intro to Compilers, Lexical Analysis, Grammar & CFG, Syntax Analysis: Top-Down, Syntax Analysis: Bottom-Up, Semantic Analysis & SDT, Intermediate Code Gen, Code Optimization, Run Time Environment, Introduction to TOC, Deterministic FA (DFA), Non-Deterministic FA, Regular Expressions, Pushdown Automata & CFG, Complexity Theory
  16. Paper 2 | Artificial Intelligence & High Performance Computing: Approaches to AI, Search Algorithms, Game Playing, Knowledge Representation, Planning, Multi Agent Systems, Natural Language Processing, Emerging Tech Trends
  17. Paper 2 | Image Processing: Digital Image Fundamentals, Image Enhancement, Image Restoration, Color Image Processing, Image Compression
  18. Paper 2 | Software Engineering: Fundamentals of Software Engineering, Software Requirements and Quality Assurance, Software Design, Estimation and Metrics, Software Testing, Software Maintenance and Configuration Management
  19. Paper 2 | Computer Graphics: Basics of Computer Graphics, 2-D Geometrical Transforms and Viewing, 3-D Object Representation, Geometric Transformations and Viewing
  20. Paper 2 | Web Technologies: Website, Browser & Services, Internet Fundamentals, Web Design & Development, Protocols & Services, Web Publishing & Hosting, Server Side & Security, Emerging Technologies, HTML Basics, JavaScript-Basics, Java
  21. Paper 2 | Soft Computing: Fuzzy Sets, Artificial Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms
  22. Paper 2 | Distributed System: Distributed Systems
  23. UPPSC Live Class Recordings: UPPSC Polytechnic Lecturer 2025 (CS)
  24. Previous Year Papers:
  25. Mock Test:
AI summary & chapters

AI Summary

An AI-generated summary of this video lecture.

The video is an educational lecture on automata theory, specifically focusing on the design of minimal Deterministic Finite Automata (DFA). The instructor, Sanchit Jain, presents a problem: construct a minimal DFA that accepts all strings over the alphabet {a, b} where every accepted string 'w' ends with a specific substring 's'. He outlines three distinct examples to solve: i) s = ab, ii) s = aa, and iii) s = bab. The lecture proceeds by solving these examples sequentially, drawing the state diagrams on a digital whiteboard. The instructor begins by defining the language for the first example, then constructs the DFA state by state, adding self-loops and back-transitions to handle overlapping patterns. He concludes with a general formula for the number of states required based on the length of the substring.

Chapters

  1. 0:00 – 2:00 00:00-02:00

    The video begins with a lecture on automata theory, specifically focusing on the design of minimal Deterministic Finite Automata (DFA). The problem statement is displayed on the screen: 'Q design a minimal DFA that accepts all strings over the alphabet {a, b}, where every accepted string 'w' ends with substring 's'.' The instructor lists three specific cases to solve: i) s = ab, ii) s = aa, and iii) s = bab. He starts by analyzing the first case, s = ab. He writes the language set L = {ab, aab, bab, bbaab, ...} to illustrate the types of strings that should be accepted. He begins constructing the DFA by drawing the initial state q0. He draws a transition labeled 'a' leading to a new state q1, and then a transition labeled 'b' from q1 to a final state q2. This establishes the basic path for the substring 'ab'. The instructor's name, SANCHIT JAIN, and the logo KNOWLEDGEGATE are visible on the screen.

  2. 2:00 – 5:00 02:00-05:00

    The instructor refines the DFA for s = ab by adding necessary loops and back-transitions. He adds a self-loop on q0 labeled 'b' to handle strings starting with 'b' (like 'bab'). He adds a self-loop on q1 labeled 'a' to handle strings like 'aab'. Crucially, he addresses transitions from the final state q2. He draws a transition from q2 labeled 'a' back to q1, explaining that if the string is 'aba', it ends in 'a', which is the prefix of 'ab'. He draws a transition from q2 labeled 'b' back to q0, as 'abb' ends in 'bb' and has no prefix of 'ab'. This completes the minimal DFA for the first example. He writes examples like 'bbab' and 'bab' on the board to verify the logic. The diagram shows q0 with a loop on 'b', an arrow to q1 on 'a', q1 with a loop on 'a', an arrow to q2 on 'b', and transitions from q2 back to q0 and q1.

  3. 5:00 – 10:00 05:00-10:00

    The lecture moves to the third example, s = bab. The instructor draws a new DFA with four states: q0, q1, q2, and q3. The path is q0 ->(b) q1 ->(a) q2 ->(b) q3, where q3 is the final state. He explains the transitions for overlapping patterns. For instance, if the machine is in q2 (having seen 'ba') and receives an 'a', it goes to q1 because 'baa' ends in 'a', the first character of 'bab'. If in q3 (having seen 'bab') and receives an 'a', it goes to q1 because 'baba' ends in 'a'. He also draws transitions for 'b' inputs from the final state, ensuring the machine resets or moves to the correct prefix state. He writes examples like 'bbab' and 'babab' on the board to verify the transitions. He also draws a self-loop on q0 for 'a' to handle strings starting with 'a'. The diagram shows curved arrows indicating back-transitions from the final state to earlier states.

  4. 10:00 – 12:18 10:00-12:18

    The video concludes with a summary slide titled 'Conclusion'. The instructor writes a general rule: 'if w = xs, |s| = m, then no of states in the DFA is m+1'. He underlines 'no need of dead state' and notes that the machine 'can not stay of final state for ever' (implying the final state is not a sink state unless the pattern is trivial). This provides a quick formula for students to determine the number of states required for any substring 's' without drawing the full automaton. He emphasizes that the number of states is simply the length of the substring plus one. The slide text is clearly visible and serves as a takeaway for the lecture.

The video provides a comprehensive guide to constructing minimal DFAs for suffix patterns. It moves from specific examples to a general rule, emphasizing the logic of state transitions and prefix matching. The instructor demonstrates how to handle overlapping patterns and self-loops, ensuring the DFA correctly identifies strings ending with the target substring. The final conclusion offers a concise formula for determining the number of states, simplifying the design process for students.

Loading lesson…