Formal Languages and Computation: Models and Their Applications

by Alexander Meduna

Overview

Formal Languages and Computation: Models and Their Applications gives a clear, comprehensive introduction to formal language theory and its applications in computer science. It covers all rudimental topics concerning formal languages and their models, especially grammars and automata, and sketches the basic ideas underlying the theory of computatio

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040061282
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	02/11/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	315
File size:	1 MB

Table of Contents

Introduction: Mathematical Background. Formal Languages and Rewriting Systems. Regular Languages and Their Models: Models for Regular Languages and their Applications in Lexical Analysis. Properties of Regular Languages. Context-Free Languages and Their Models: Models for Context-Free Languages and their Applications in Syntax Analysis. Properties of Context-Free Languages. Turing Machines and Computation: Turing Machines and Their Variants. Applications of Turing Machines: Theory of Computation. Turing Machines and General Grammars. Conclusion: Concluding and Bibliographical Remarks.