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epsilon-machine

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A deterministic automaton consisting of a system of causal states and the transitions between them, functioning as the smallest possible maximally predictive model of a stochastic process

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Topics: computational, computing, engineering, mathematics, mechanical-engineering, mechanics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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Etymology

From epsilon + machine. Coined by James Crutchfield and Karl Young in their 1989 paper “Inferring Statistical Complexity”.