IB005 Formal Languages and Automata I

Faculty of Informatics
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
4/2. 6 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Barnat, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Jan Strejček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Department of Computer Science – Faculty of Informatics
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Mojmír Křetínský, CSc.
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:50 D2, Wed 14:00–15:50 D1
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
IB005/a: Thu 10:00–11:50 B411, J. Strejček
IB005/01: Wed 8:00–9:50 B011, J. Barnat
IB005/02: Wed 12:00–13:50 B410, J. Barnat
IB005/03: Fri 8:00–9:50 B007, J. Barnat
IB005/04: Thu 14:00–15:50 B204, J. Strejček
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! I005 Formal Languages and Automata I &&! I505 Formal Languages and Automata I && ( MB005 Foundations of mathematics || M005 Foundations of mathematics )&& ! IB102 Automata and Grammars
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The purpose of this course is twofold: to introduce computer science students to the rich heritage of models and abstractions that have arisen over the years, and to develop the capacity to form abstractions of their own and reason in terms of them.
Syllabus
  • Languages and grammars. Chomsky hierarchy.
  • Finite automata and regular grammars.
  • Properties of regular languages. Applications.
  • Context-free grammars and pushdown automata.
  • Properties of context-free languages.
  • Turing machines. Computable languages and functions, LBA. Properties of recursive and recursive enumerable languages.
  • Deterministic pushdown automata. Properties and applications.
Literature
  • I.Černá, M.Křetínský, A.Kučera: FJA I, interní materiál FI MU
  • GRUSKA, Jozef. Foundations of computing. London: International Thompson Computer Press, 1997, xv, 716 s. ISBN 1-85032-243-0. info
  • HOPCROFT, John E. and Jeffrey D. ULLMAN. Introduction to automata theory, languages, and computation. Reading: Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1979, 418 s., ob. ISBN 0-201-02988-X. info
  • CHYTIL, Michal. Automaty a gramatiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: SNTL - Nakladatelství technické literatury, 1984, 331 s. URL info
  • KOZEN, Dexter C. Automata and computability. New York: Springer, 1997, xiii, 400. ISBN 0387949070. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
2 písemné zkoušky během semestru a závěrečná písemná zkouška. Výsledky vnitrosemestrálních písemek se započítávají do výsledného hodnocení s vahou cca 40%. Všechny písemky bez pomocných materiálů.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
Teacher's information
http://www.fi.muni.cz/usr/kretinsky/fja1.html
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