SELECTED TOPICS IN AUTOMATA THEORY.

Abstract

Automata theory is a young mathematical discipline dealing with conceptual models of information processing devices and methods. It is the purpose of this report to give a formal development of the properties of some of these models, and to discuss their relationships to some possible areas of application. The main emphasis is given to the two most widely studied models: finite state machines and Turing machines. Other related models are briefly mentioned. Also included is a section which discusses the grammar and languages of mathematical linguistics and their connection to automata theory. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0669108

Entities

People

  • Richard M. Karp

Organizations

  • University of Michigan

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automata
  • Automata Theory
  • Formal Languages
  • Grammars
  • Image Processing
  • Information Processing
  • Language
  • Linguistics
  • Machines
  • Robotics

Readers

  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Theoretical Analysis.