A Second Course in Formal Languages and Automata Theory
Cambridge University Press, 9/8/2008
EAN 9780521865722, ISBN10: 0521865727
Hardcover, 254 pages, 22.9 x 15.7 x 1.8 cm
Language: English
Written for graduate students and advanced undergraduates in computer science, A Second Course in Formal Languages and Automata Theory treats topics in the theory of computation not usually covered in a first course. After a review of basic concepts, the book covers combinatorics on words, regular languages, context-free languages, parsing and recognition, Turing machines, and other language classes. Many topics often absent from other textbooks, such as repetitions in words, state complexity, the interchange lemma, 2DPDAs, and the incompressibility method, are covered here. The author places particular emphasis on the resources needed to represent certain languages. The book also includes a diverse collection of more than 200 exercises, suggestions for term projects, and research problems that remain open.
1. Review of formal languages and automata theory
2. Combinatorics on words
3. Finite automata and regular languages
4. Context-free grammars and languages
5. Parsing and recognition
6. Turing machines
7. Other language classes.