The Reeds–Sloane algorithm, named after James Reeds and Neil Sloane, is an extension of the Berlekamp–Massey algorithm, an algorithm for finding the shortest linear-feedback shift register (LFSR) for a given output sequence, for use on sequences that take their values from the integers mod n.
References Reeds, J. A.; N. J. A. Sloane (1985). "Shift-Register Synthesis (Modulo m)" (PDF). SIAM Journal on Computing. 14 (3): 505–513. CiteSeerX 10.1.1.48.4652. doi:10.1137/0214038. {{cite journal}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter |citeseerx= (help)
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