epsilon-machine

== English == === Alternative forms === ϵ-machine ε-machine === Etymology === From epsilon +‎ machine. Coined by James Crutchfield and Karl Young in their 1989 paper “Inferring Statistical Complexity”. === Noun === epsilon-machine (plural epsilon-machines) (computational mechanics) 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 === References ===