Automata and Languages presents a step-by-step development of the theory of automata, languages and computation. Intended to be used as the basis of an introductory course to this theory at both junior and senior levels, the text is organized in such a way as to allow the design of various courses based on selected material. Areas featured in the book include:- * basic models of computation * formal languages and their properties * computability, decidability and complexity * a discussion of the modern trends in the theory of automata and formal languages * design of programming languages, including the development of a new programming language * compiler design, including the construction of a complete compiler Alexander Meduna uses clear definitions, easy-to-follow proofs and helpful examples to make formerly obscure concepts easy to understand. He also includes challenging exercises and programming projects to enhance the reader's comprehension, and, to put the theory firmly into a 'real world' context, he presents lots of realistic illustrations and applications in practical computer science.

PRESENTS AN INTRODUCTION TO FUNDAMENTAL ABSTRACT MODELS BEHIND COMPUTATION IN A CLEAR, SIMPLE AND RIGOROUS WAY. Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Alexander Meduna, Full Professor of Computer Science at the Brno University of Technology, received his PhD from this university in 1988. He has taught mathematics and computer science at various European, Asian, and American universities, including the University of Missouri, where he spent a decade teaching advanced topics of the formal language theory and its applications in computer science. He is the author of the books entitled Automata and Languages (Springer, 2000), Elements of Compiler Design (Taylor and Francis, 2008), and Formal Languages and Computation: Models and Their Applications (CRC Press, 2014) . Along with his former PhD students, he is also the co-author of Grammars with Context Conditions and Their Applications (co-authored by M. vec, Wiley, 2005), Scattered Context Grammars and Their Applications (co-authored by J. Techet, WIT Press, 2010), and Regulated Grammars and Automata (co-authored by P. Zemek, Springer, 2014). He has published over ninety papers closely related to the subject of this book. Ond ej Soukup received his PhD from the Brno University of Technology in 2017 under the supervision of Alexander Meduna. He has published several studies on modern language models in such distinguished computer science journals as Fundamenta Informatica, International Journal of Foundations of Computer Science, and Theoretical Computer Science.

Zusammenfassung
A step-by-step development of the theory of automata, languages and computation. design of programming languages, including the development of a new programming language;

Inhalt
INTRODUCTION: Languages. Formalization of Languages. Expressions and Grammars. Translations. Exercises, Programming Projects. Automata. Conceptualization of Automata. Transducers. Computability. Exercises. Programming Projects. Bibliographic Notes.- REGULAR LANGUAGES: Models for Regular Languages. Regular Expressions. Finite Automata. Finite Automata and Regular Expressions. Exercises. Programming Projects. Properties of Regular Languages. Pumping Lemma. Closure Properties. Decidable Problems. Exercises.- CONTEXT-FREE LANGUAGES: Models for Context-Free Languages. Context-Free Grammars. Pushdown Automata. Pushdown Autmata and Context-Free Grammars. Exercises. Programming Projects. Properties of Context-Free Languages. Pumping Lemma. Closure Properties. Decidable Problems. Exercises. Special Types of Context-Free Languages and Their Models. Deterministic Context-Free Languages. Linear and Regular Grammars. Exercises.- BEYOND CONTEXT-FREE LANGUAGES: Generalized Models. Turing Machines. Two-Pushdown Automata. Unrestricted Grammars. A Hierarchy of Language Families. Exercises. Programming Projects. Bibliographic Notes.- TRANSLATIONS: Finite and Pushdown Transducers. Finite Transducers. Translation Grammars and Pushdown Transducers. Compilers. Exercises. Programming Projects. Turing Transducers. Basic Definitions. Computability. Decidability. Exercises. Programming Projects.- Bibliographic Notes.- Appendix - Mathematical Background.- Bibliography.- Indices.- Index to Special Symbols.- Index to Decision Problems.- Index to Algorithms.- Subject Index.