Chapter 11

Formal Languages and Language Acceptors

Learning Objectives

On completing this chapter, you should be able to:

  • define the concept of a language

  • define a finite automaton

  • define the notion of a regular language

  • construct a finite automation that accepts a given regular language

  • identify the regular language accepted by a finite automaton

  • write down regular expressions for a given regular language

  • identify the regular lanauge represented by a given regular expression

  • define a pushdown automation

  • define the notion of a context-free language

  • construct pushdown automata for simple context-free languages

  • define a Turing machine

  • define a linear bounded automaton

  • define the notion of acontext-sensitive language

  • construct a linear bounded ...

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