Automata theory and formal languages /

Homenda, Władysław,

Automata theory and formal languages / Władysław Homenda, Witold Pedrycz. - xiii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - De Gruyter graduate . - De Gruyter graduate. .

Includes bibliographical references (page 227) and index.

PART I: GRAMMARS AND GENERATING LANGUAGES -- 2. Regular expressions and regular languages -- 3. Context-free grammars -- 4. Context-sensitive grammars and unrestricted grammars -- PART II: AUTOMATA AND ACCEPTING LANGUAGES -- 5. Turing machines -- 6. Pushdown automata -- 7. Finite automata -- PART III: REVISITED: LANGUAGES, GRAMMARS, AUTOMATA -- 8. Grammar versus automata -- 9. Around the hierarchy of languages.

"The book is a concise, self-contained and fully updated introduction to automata theory - a fundamental topic of computer sciences and engineering. The material is presented in a rigorous yet convincing way and is supplied with a wealth of examples, exercises and down-to-the earth convincing explanatory notes. An ideal text to a spectrum of one-term courses in computer sciences, both at the senior undergraduate and graduate students."--

9783110752274 (paperback)

2021947389

GBC215428 bnb

020473381 Uk


Machine theory.
Formal languages.
Computer science--Mathematics.
Informatique--Mathématiques.
Théorie des automates.
Langages formels.
Computer science--Mathematics.
Formal languages.
Machine theory.

004.015113 / HOM-A