Author | : Alan P. Parkes |
File Size | : 46,8 Mb |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Language | : English |
Release Date | : 06 December 2012 |
ISBN | : 9781447101437 |
Pages | : 352 pages |
Introduction to Languages Machines and Logic by Alan P. Parkes Book PDF Summary
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 scientists rather than mathematicians, algorithms and proofs are presented informally through examples, and there are numerous exercises (many with solutions) and an extensive glossary.