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TMV027 / DIT321 Finite automata theory and formal languages lp3 vt19 (7.5 hp)

Course is offered by the department of Computer Science and Engineering

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Course purpose

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Course design

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Learning objectives and syllabus

Learning objectives:

Knowledge and understanding

  • Explain and manipulate the different concepts in automata theory and formal languages such as formal proofs, (non-)deterministic automata, regular expressions, regular languages, context-free grammars, context-free languages, Turing machines;
  • Explain the power and the limitations of regular languages and context-free languages.
Skills and abilities
  • Prove properties of languages, grammars and automata with rigorously formal mathematical methods;
  • Design automata, regular expressions and context-free grammars accepting or generating a certain language;
  • Describe the language accepted by an automaton or generated by a regular expression or a context-free grammar;
  • Transform between equivalent deterministic and non-deterministic finite automata, and regular expressions;
  • Simplify automata and context-free grammars;
  • Determine if a certain word belongs to a regular or context-free language;
  • Define Turing machines performing simple tasks.
Judgement and approach
  • Differentiate and manipulate formal descriptions of languages, automata and grammars with focus on regular and context-free languages, finite automata and regular expressions.

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Study plan

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