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Results on two distinct aspects of the theory of probabilistic automata (PA) are presented. Part I is devoted to two generalizations of the theory of loop-free decomposition of stochastic finite-state systems formulated by G. Bacon. The first generalization consists of making a modification in the decomposition scheme of Bacon to allow for the decomposition of a larger class of systems. The second...