ECTS - Formal Languages and Automata
Formal Languages and Automata (CMPE326) Course Detail
| Course Name | Course Code | Season | Lecture Hours | Application Hours | Lab Hours | Credit | ECTS |
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| Formal Languages and Automata | CMPE326 | Area Elective | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| Pre-requisite Course(s) |
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| CMPE251 |
| Course Language | English |
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| Course Type | Elective Courses |
| Course Level | Natural & Applied Sciences Master's Degree |
| Mode of Delivery | Face To Face |
| Learning and Teaching Strategies | Lecture. |
| Course Lecturer(s) |
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| Course Objectives | This course is designed to provide the skills to appreciate and understand the formal definition of computation, and language. The students will be introduced to the definitions and properties of mathematical models of computation with automata theory. |
| Course Learning Outcomes |
The students who succeeded in this course;
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| Course Content | Languages and their representations, finite automata and regular grammars, context-free grammars, concept of abstract machines and language acceptance, deterministic and non-deterministic finite state machines, pushdown automata, Turing machines and introduction to the theory of computation. |
Weekly Subjects and Releated Preparation Studies
| Week | Subjects | Preparation |
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| 1 | Introduction | Chapters 0 (main text) |
| 2 | Regular Languages | Chapter 1 |
| 3 | Finite Automata | Chapter 1.1 |
| 4 | Nondeterminism | Chapter 1.2 |
| 5 | Finite Automata with Output | (other sources 2) |
| 6 | Regular Expressions | Chapter 1.3 |
| 7 | Context-Free Languages | Chapter 2 |
| 8 | Context-Free Grammars | Chapter 2.1 |
| 9 | Chomsky Normal Form | Chapter 2.1 |
| 10 | Pushdown Automata | Chapter 2.2 |
| 11 | Equivalence with Context-Free Grammars | Chapter 2.2 |
| 12 | Computability Theory | Chapter 3 |
| 13 | Turing Machines | Chapter 3.1 |
| 14 | Variants of Turing Machines | Chapter 3.2 |
| 15 | Review | |
| 16 | Review |
Sources
| Course Book | 1. Introduction to the Theory of Computation, Michael Sipser, 2nd Edition, Thomson Course Technology, 2006. |
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| Other Sources | 2. Efim Kinber and Carl Smith, Theory of Computing: A Gentle Introduction",Prentice-Hall, 2001. ISBN # 0-13-027961-7. |
| 3. Daniel I.A. Cohen, Introduction to Computer Theory (2nd Edition), Wiley, 1997, ISBN # 0-471-13772-3 | |
| 4. Yarımağan, Ünal, “Özdevinirler Kuramı ve Biçimsel Diller”, Bıçaklar Kitabevi, 2003, ISBN# 975-8695-05-3 | |
| 5. Martin, John C. “Introduction to Languages and the Theory of Computation”,(2nd Edition), McGraw-Hill International Editions, 1997, ISBN# 0-07-115468-X | |
| 6. Linz, Peter, “An Introduction to Formal Languages and Automata”, Jones and Bartlett Publishers, 2001. |
Evaluation System
| Requirements | Number | Percentage of Grade |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance/Participation | - | - |
| Laboratory | - | - |
| Application | - | - |
| Field Work | - | - |
| Special Course Internship | - | - |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | - | - |
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 10 |
| Presentation | - | - |
| Project | - | - |
| Report | - | - |
| Seminar | - | - |
| Midterms Exams/Midterms Jury | 2 | 55 |
| Final Exam/Final Jury | 1 | 35 |
| Toplam | 6 | 100 |
| Percentage of Semester Work | 65 |
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| Percentage of Final Work | 35 |
| Total | 100 |
Course Category
| Core Courses | X |
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| Major Area Courses | |
| Supportive Courses | |
| Media and Managment Skills Courses | |
| Transferable Skill Courses |
The Relation Between Course Learning Competencies and Program Qualifications
| # | Program Qualifications / Competencies | Level of Contribution | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||
| 1 | Applies knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering | X | ||||
| 2 | Designs and conducts experiments, analyzes and interprets experimental results. | |||||
| 3 | Designs a system, component, or process to meet specified requirements. | |||||
| 4 | Works effectively in interdisciplinary fields. | |||||
| 5 | Identifies, formulates, and solves engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 6 | Has awareness of professional and ethical responsibility. | |||||
| 7 | Communicates effectively. | |||||
| 8 | Recognizes the need for lifelong learning and engages in it. | |||||
| 9 | Has knowledge of contemporary issues. | |||||
| 10 | Uses modern tools, techniques, and skills necessary for engineering applications. | |||||
| 11 | Has knowledge of project management skills and international standards and methodologies. | |||||
| 12 | Develops engineering products and prototypes for real-world problems. | |||||
| 13 | Contributes to professional knowledge. | |||||
| 14 | Conducts methodological and scientific research. | |||||
| 15 | Produces, reports, and presents a scientific work based on original or existing knowledge. | |||||
| 16 | Defends the original idea generated. | |||||
ECTS/Workload Table
| Activities | Number | Duration (Hours) | Total Workload |
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| Course Hours (Including Exam Week: 16 x Total Hours) | 16 | 3 | 48 |
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| Application | |||
| Special Course Internship | |||
| Field Work | |||
| Study Hours Out of Class | 16 | 3 | 48 |
| Presentation/Seminar Prepration | |||
| Project | |||
| Report | |||
| Homework Assignments | 3 | 6 | 18 |
| Quizzes/Studio Critics | |||
| Prepration of Midterm Exams/Midterm Jury | 2 | 10 | 20 |
| Prepration of Final Exams/Final Jury | 1 | 15 | 15 |
| Total Workload | 149 | ||