Introduction to Switching and Automata Theory
Author : Michael A. Harrison
Publisher :
Page : 542 pages
File Size : 29,33 MB
Release : 1965
Category : Sequential machine theory
ISBN :
An Introduction to Formal Language Theory
Author : Robert N. Moll
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 146139595X
Book Description
The study of formal languages and of related families of automata has long been at the core of theoretical computer science. Until recently, the main reasons for this centrality were connected with the specification and analy sis of programming languages, which led naturally to the following ques tions. How might a grammar be written for such a language? How could we check whether a text were or were not a well-formed program generated by that grammar? How could we parse a program to provide the structural analysis needed by a compiler? How could we check for ambiguity to en sure that a program has a unique analysis to be passed to the computer? This focus on programming languages has now been broadened by the in creasing concern of computer scientists with designing interfaces which allow humans to communicate with computers in a natural language, at least concerning problems in some well-delimited domain of discourse. The necessary work in computational linguistics draws on studies both within linguistics (the analysis of human languages) and within artificial intelligence. The present volume is the first textbook to combine the topics of formal language theory traditionally taught in the context of program ming languages with an introduction to issues in computational linguistics. It is one of a series, The AKM Series in Theoretical Computer Science, designed to make key mathematical developments in computer science readily accessible to undergraduate and beginning graduate students.
Regulated Rewriting in Formal Language Theory
Author : Jürgen Dassow
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 33,88 MB
Release : 1990-01-14
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3112737873
Book Description
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Formal Language Theory
Author : Ronald V. Book
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 469 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
Release : 2014-05-10
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 1483267504
Book Description
Formal Language Theory: Perspectives and Open Problems focuses on the trends and major open problems on the formal language theory. The selection first ponders on the methods for specifying families of formal languages, open problems about regular languages, and generators of cones and cylinders. Discussions focus on cylinders of algebraic languages, cone of algebraic languages, regularity of noncounting classes, group complexity, specification formalism, and grammars. The publication then elaborates on very small families of algebraic nonrational languages and formal languages and their relation to automata. The book tackles morphisms on free monoids and language theory, homomorphisms, and survey of results and open problems in the mathematical theory of L systems. Topics include single finite substitutions iterated, single homomorphisms iterated, representation of language families, homomorphism equivalence on a language, and problems about infinite words. The selection is a valuable source of data for researchers interested in the formal language theory.
Introduction to Formal Languages
Author : György E. Révész
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 35,20 MB
Release : 2015-03-17
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0486169375
Book Description
Covers all areas, including operations on languages, context-sensitive languages, automata, decidability, syntax analysis, derivation languages, and more. Numerous worked examples, problem exercises, and elegant mathematical proofs. 1983 edition.
An Introduction to the Theory of Formal Languages and Automata
Author : Willem J. M. Levelt
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 151 pages
File Size : 41,92 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9027232504
Book Description
The present text is a re-edition of Volume I of Formal Grammars in Linguistics and Psycholinguistics, a three-volume work published in 1974. This volume is an entirely self-contained introduction to the theory of formal grammars and automata, which hasn't lost any of its relevance. Of course, major new developments have seen the light since this introduction was first published, but it still provides the indispensible basic notions from which later work proceeded. The author's reasons for writing this text are still relevant: an introduction that does not suppose an acquaintance with sophisticated mathematical theories and methods, that is intended specifically for linguists and psycholinguists (thus including such topics as learnability and probabilistic grammars), and that provides students of language with a reference text for the basic notions in the theory of formal grammars and automata, as they keep being referred to in linguistic and psycholinguistic publications; the subject index of this introduction can be used to find definitions of a wide range of technical terms. An appendix has been added with further references to some of the core new developments since this book originally appeared.
An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata
Author : Peter Linz
Publisher : Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 12,81 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Computers
ISBN :
Book Description
An Introduction to Formal Languages & Automata provides an excellent presentation of the material that is essential to an introductory theory of computation course. The text was designed to familiarize students with the foundations & principles of computer science & to strengthen the students' ability to carry out formal & rigorous mathematical argument. Employing a problem-solving approach, the text provides students insight into the course material by stressing intuitive motivation & illustration of ideas through straightforward explanations & solid mathematical proofs. By emphasizing learning through problem solving, students learn the material primarily through problem-type illustrative examples that show the motivation behind the concepts, as well as their connection to the theorems & definitions.
A First Course in Formal Language Theory
Author : V. J. Rayward-Smith
Publisher :
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN :
Book Description
Theory Of Automata, Formal Languages And Computation (As Per Uptu Syllabus)
Author : S.P.Eugene Xavier
Publisher : New Age International
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 46,8 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Computational complexity
ISBN : 8122416551
Book Description
This Book Is Aimed At Providing An Introduction To The Basic Models Of Computability To The Undergraduate Students. This Book Is Devoted To Finite Automata And Their Properties. Pushdown Automata Provides A Class Of Models And Enables The Analysis Of Context-Free Languages. Turing Machines Have Been Introduced And The Book Discusses Computability And Decidability. A Number Of Problems With Solutions Have Been Provided For Each Chapter. A Lot Of Exercises Have Been Given With Hints/Answers To Most Of These Tutorial Problems.
Handbook of Formal Languages
Author : Grzegorz Rozenberg
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 636 pages
File Size : 43,97 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3642591264
Book Description
The need for a comprehensive survey-type exposition on formal languages and related mainstream areas of computer science has been evident for some years. In the early 1970s, when . the book Formal Languages by the second mentioned editor appeared, it was still quite feasible to write a comprehensive book with that title and include also topics of current research interest. This would not be possible anymore. A standard-sized book on formal languages would either have to stay on a fairly low level or else be specialized and restricted to some narrow sector of the field. The setup becomes drastically different in a collection of contributions, where the best authorities in the world join forces, each of them concentrat ing on their own areas of specialization. The present three-volume Handbook constitutes such a unique collection. In these three volumes we present the current state of the art in formal language theory. We were most satisfied with the enthusiastic response given to our request for contributions by specialists representing various subfields. The need for a Handbook of Formal Languages was in many answers expressed in different ways: as an easily accessible his torical reference, a general source of information, an overall course-aid, and a compact collection of material for self-study. We are convinced that the final result will satisfy such various needs. The theory of formal languages constitutes the stem or backbone of the field of science now generally known as theoretical computer science.
