Hello, i need yours help…
Could someone give me an example for the transformation from a logical
expression to DNF or KNF?
Thanks
Hi!
At Mon, 22 May 2006 18:29:21 +0900, [email protected] wrote:
Could someone give me an example for the transformation from a logical
expression to DNF or KNF?
A boolean expression can allways be transformed into a table of
values. Say the expression is
f(x,y,z) = (x + y) * z
This results in the following table:
i | x y z | f
–±------±–
0 | 0 0 0 | 0
1 | 0 0 1 | 0
2 | 0 1 0 | 0
3 | 0 1 1 | 1
4 | 1 0 0 | 0
5 | 1 0 1 | 1
6 | 1 1 0 | 0
7 | 1 1 1 | 1
For DNF collect all terms that result in f(x,y,z) = 1 (allow me to use
uppercase for negation):
f(x,y,z) = Xyz + xYz + xyz = m3 + m5 + m7
For KNF you exploit the fact that NOT(NOT(f)) is the same as f by
first expressing NOT(f) in DNF, negating the whole term and then using
NOT(x+y) = X * Y as well as NOT(x*y) = X + Y:
f(x,y,z) = NOT(XYZ + XYz + XyZ + xYZ + xyZ)
= NOT(XYZ) * NOT(XYz) * NOT(XyZ) * NOT(xYZ) * NOT(xyZ)
= (x+y+z) * (x+y+Z) * (x+Y+z) * (X+y+z) * (X+Y+z)
= M0 * M1 * M2 * M4 * M6
Wait a moment. I did not tell you to actually go through that
process. The real solution of the task is way simpler.
For DNF sum up all minterms with indices that have a 1 in the result
column, that is:
f(x,y,z) = m3 + m5 + m7
For KNF multiply all Maxterms with indices that have a 0 in the result
column:
f(x,y,z) = M0 + M1 + M2 + M4 + M6
In a program the above pocess may look like this:
dnf = Array.new
knf = Array.new
(0…7).each do |i|
if fun(i) then
dnf.push i
else
knf.push i
end
end
p dnf.sort
p knf.sort
where “fun” is defined so that for a number i with least significan
boolean digits xyz and
a = (x == 1 ? true : false)
b = (y == 1 ? true : false)
c = (z == 1 ? true : false)
fun(i) = f(a,b,c)
HTH,
Josef ‘Jupp’ Schugt
Josef ‘Jupp’ SCHUGT wrote:
Hi!
At Mon, 22 May 2006 18:29:21 +0900, [email protected] wrote:
Could someone give me an example for the transformation from a logical
expression to DNF or KNF?A boolean expression can allways be transformed into a table of
values.
Thx. My German is not good, googling for “DNF or CNF” gives many good
English discussions of this