Introduction to Languages, Machines and Logic Computable Languages, Abstract Machines and Formal Logic |
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| Author:
| Parkes, Alan P. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-85233-464-2 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2002 |
| Publisher: | Springer
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $157.95 |
Book Description:
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A well-written and accessible introduction to the most important features of formal languages and automata theory. It focuses on the key concepts, illustrating potentially intimidating material through diagrams and pictorial representations, and this edition includes new and expanded coverage of topics such as: reduction and simplification of material on Turing machines; complexity and O notation; propositional logic and first order predicate logic. Aimed primarily at computer...
More DescriptionA well-written and accessible introduction to the most important features of formal languages and automata theory. It focuses on the key concepts, illustrating potentially intimidating material through diagrams and pictorial representations, and this edition includes new and expanded coverage of topics such as: reduction and simplification of material on Turing machines; complexity and O notation; propositional logic and first order predicate logic. Aimed primarily at computer scientists rather than mathematicians, algorithms and proofs are presented informally through examples, and there are numerous exercises (many with solutions) and an extensive glossary.