theory of computation notes for school of engineering
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The document provides detailed notes on the Theory of Computation, focusing on regular and context-free grammars, including their definitions, derivations, and languages. It covers topics such as ambiguity in grammar, simplification of context-free grammars, normal forms, and the Chomsky hierarchy. Practical applications of context-free grammars in parsing and markup languages are also discussed, along with a case study on palindromes and parentheses matching.
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theory of computation notes for school of engineering
- 1. DMI-ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST UNIVERSITY LILONGWE, MALAWI Module Code: 055CS62 Subject Name: Theory of computation Unit III Detail Notes School of Computer Science Module Teacher: Fanny Chatola
- 2. Syllabus Introduction, Regular Grammar, Context Free Grammar- Definition, Derivation, Language of grammar, sentential form, parse tree, inference, derivation, parse trees, ambiguity in grammar and Language- ambiguous Grammar, Simplification of CFG: Eliminating unit productions, useless production, useless symbols, and Є-productions, Normal Forms- Chomsky normal form, Greibach normal form, Closure properties of CFL, Decision properties of CFL, Chomsky Hierarchy, Application of CFG: Parser, Markup languages, XML and Document Type Definitions. Case Study- CFG for Palindromes, Parenthesis Match.