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Abstract
This paper explores the characteristics of canalizing functions with multiple states by using the semi-tensor product of matrices. A criterion is derived from the matrix expression to verify whether a logical function is canalizing. Then, a method is presented to calculate the number of multistate canalizing functions (MSCFs). Finally, two algorithms are provided for generating MSCFs and semi-nested MSCFs.
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Physica D (Nonlinear Phenomena) publishes research and review articles reporting on experimental and theoretical works, techniques and ideas that advance the understanding of nonlinear phenomena. Topics encompass wave motion in physical, chemical and biological systems; physical or biological phenomena governed by nonlinear field equations, including hydrodynamics and turbulence; pattern formation and cooperative phenomena; instability, bifurcations, chaos, and space-time disorder; integrable/Hamiltonian systems; asymptotic analysis and, more generally, mathematical methods for nonlinear systems.