A Novel Algorithm Combining Finite State Method and Genetic Algorithm for Solving Crude Oil Scheduling Problem

Table 4

A fragment of FSA regular expression syntax and 𝑈 transducers, and 𝑅 can be either.

[]:	The empty string
[𝑅1,…,𝑅𝑛]:	Concatenation
{𝑅1,…,𝑅𝑛}	Disjunction
𝑅^Λ:	Optionality
Identity (𝐴):	Identity: the transducer which maps each element in 𝐴 onto itself
𝑇∘𝑈:	Composition of the transducers 𝑇 and 𝑈
macro (Term, 𝑅):	Use term as an abbreviation for 𝑅