Computer Science 230 Fall 2014

Computer Science 230: Theory of Computation will be offered in the fall semester on Tuesday and Thursday at 9:30 AM. An introduction to the theories of finite-state machines, pushdown automata and Turing machines as well as the relation between automata and the formal languages they recognize.Students explore computational theory and its practical applications in lexical analysis and language parsing. Prerequisites: Mathematics 205 or permission of instructor. Offered in alternate years.