Automata Theory with Modern Applications
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Published:22nd Jun '06
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Contemporary introduction to automata theory that uniquely also covers some modern applications to bioscience.
Recent applications to bioscience have created a new audience for automata theory and formal languages. This is the only introduction to cover such applications. With over 350 exercises, many examples and illustrations, this is an ideal contemporary introduction for students; others, new to the field, will welcome it for self-learning.Recent applications to biomolecular science and DNA computing have created a new audience for automata theory and formal languages. This is the only introductory book to cover such applications. It begins with a clear and readily understood exposition of the fundamentals that assumes only a background in discrete mathematics. The first five chapters give a gentle but rigorous coverage of basic ideas as well as topics not found in other texts at this level, including codes, retracts and semiretracts. Chapter 6 introduces combinatorics on words and uses it to describe a visually inspired approach to languages. The final chapter explains recently-developed language theory coming from developments in bioscience and DNA computing. With over 350 exercises (for which solutions are available), many examples and illustrations, this text will make an ideal contemporary introduction for students; others, new to the field, will welcome it for self-learning.
'Anderson's book gives an excellent, clearly written account of automata theory.' SIAM Review
ISBN: 9780521613248
Dimensions: 227mm x 151mm x 14mm
Weight: 374g
260 pages